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PHI  BETA  KAPPA 

The  Beta  of  Illinois 
Chapter  Historical 
Sketch  and  List  of 
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FRANCIS  WAYLAND  SHEPARDSOM 

Secretary  of  tKe  Ckapter 


THE  UNIVERSITY  OF  CHICAGO 
February  15,  1915 


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INTRODUCTION. 

In  1909  the  Beta  of  Illinois  Chapter  published  a 
Handbook  of  seventy- two  pages,  containing  a  histori- 
cal sketch  of  the  fraternity  and  of  the  chapter,  the 
Constitution  and  Laws  of  Phi  Beta  Kappa,  and  a 
list  of  members.  The  present  edition  has  been  com- 
pletely revised.  An  entirely  new  historical  sketch  has 
been  prepared  and  much  additional  matter  of  im- 
portance regarding  the  chapter  has  been  included.  The 
lists  showing  higher  degrees  and  books  published  re- 
late to  members  elected  as  undergraduates.  Although 
every  effort  has  been  made  through  circularization, 
personal  correspondence,  the  consultation  of  the 
alumni  lists  and  other  records  of  the  University,  the 
examination  of  the  list  of  teachers  in  the  Chicago 
Public  Schools  and  the  use  of  the  Chicago  Telephone 
Directory,  quite  a  number  of  addresses  remain  unde- 
termined as  the  Handbook  goes  to  press.  While  these 
inaccuracies  are  greatly  regretted  there  seems  no  way 
to  avoid  them  without  delaying  the  publication  of  the 
much  needed  volume. 

The  cuts  of  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa  Key  which  are 
used,  were  presented  to  the  chapter  by  John  F.  New- 
man, the  long-established  fraternity  jeweler  at  11  John 
St.,  New  York  City.  This  firm  is  prepared  to  furnish 
keys  of  the  standard  type  at  satisfactory  prices. 

The  material  for  the  historical  sketch  of  the  fra- 
ternity has  been  taken  from  the  following  publica- 
tions, to  which  credit  is  now  given : 

William  C.  Lane :  "Phi  Beta  Kappa,  Harvard  Chap- 
ter," 1912. 

Oscar  M.  Voorhees:  "The  Phi  Beta  Kappa,  Past 
and  Present,"  Phi  Beta  Kappa  Publications,  New 
Series,  No.  7. 

"Original  records  of  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa  Society 
and  other  material  relating  to  the  Society:" 
William  and  Mary  College  Quarterly  Historical 
Magazine,  Vol.  4,  No.  4,  April,  1896.  Pages  213- 
263. 


333594 


Edward  Everett  Hale:  "A  Fossil  from  the  Terti- 
ary."  Atlantic  Monthly,  July,  1897. 

The  Phi  Beta  Kappa  Key,  Vol.  1,  particularly  arti- 
cles relating  to  the  Dartmouth  and  Yale  Chapters. 

H.  C.  Tolman:  "The  Vanderbilt  Chapter  of  Phi 
Beta  Kappa."  1914. 

J.  Q.  Dealey :  "Phi  Beta  Kappa,  the  Alpha  of  Rhode 
Island."  1914. 

Through  the  courtesy  of  Professor  Clark  S.  Nor- 
thup  of  Cornell  University,  a  Senator  of  the 
United  Chapters,  that  part  of  "A  Bibliography  of 
Phi  Beta  Kappa"  which  relates  to  the  fraternity 
in  general,  is  included.  It  is  reprinted  from  The 
Phi  Beta  Kappa  Key,  with  additions  by  the 
author. 

Francis  W.  Shepardson, 

Secretary. 
January  15,  1915. 


Historical 
Sketch 


THE  PHI  BETA  KAPPA. 


A  Fraternity  of  Scholars. 

In  December  days  of  1776,  a  hundred  and  thirty- 
eight  years  ago,  the  fraternity  of  Phi  Beta  Kappa  was 
founded  at  the  ancient  college  of  William  and  Maiy, 
the  second  institution  of  collegiate  rank  established  in 
the  new  world. 

The  quaint  old  record  of  the  first  meeting  which 
has  come  down  to  us  states: 

"On  Thursday  the  5th  of  December,  in  the  year  of  our 
Lord  God  one  thousand  seven  hundred  and  seventy-six, 
and  the  first  of  the  Commonwealth,  a  happy  spirit  and 
resolution  of  attaining  the  important  ends  of  Society  en- 
tering the  minds  of  John  Heath,  Thomas  Smith,  Richard 
Booker,  Armstd  Smith  and  John  Jones,  and  afterward 
seconded  by  others,  prevailed,  and  was  accordingly  rati- 
fied." 

Investigation  has  not  revealed  the  source  of  the  idea 
of  the  fraternity.  There  are  indications  in  the  lan- 
guage of  the  record  and  in  the  phraseology  of  the 
ceremonials  and  the  rules  that  its  parent  was  the  order 
of  Freemasonry.  So  much  is  owed  by  the  American 
college  fraternity  system  to  this  ancient  society  of 
craftsmen  that  it  requires  no  great  stretch  of  the  imag- 
ination to  accord  to  it  also  the  credit  for  the  suggestion 
of  the  first  American  Greek  Letter  college  organiza- 
tion. 

The  immediate  occasion  for  the  establishment  of 
Phi  Beta  Kappa  is  thus  described  by  William  Short, 
a  member  of  the  Alpha  of  Virginia,  in  a  letter  to 
Edward  Everett  in  1831. 

"There  had  existed  for  a  long  space  of  time  another 
society  at  William  and  Mary.  The  initials  on  its  medal, 
P.  D.  A.,  were  understood  to  indicate  Latin  words.  There 
was  at  the  same  time  at  College  a  youth  whose  reputation 
as  a  Hellenist  was  so  far  beyond  that  of  the  others,  that 
he  valued  himself,  as  I  remember  well,  exclusively  on  it. 
The  P.  D.  A.  Society  had  lost  all  reputation  for  letters  and 
was  noted  only  for  the  dissipation  and  conviviality  of  its 


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members.  Whether  they  had  refused  to  admit  our 
Hellenist,  or  he  was  unwilling  to  join  them,  I  do  not  now 
recollect,  but  so  it  was  that  he  determined  to  get  up  an- 
other society  in  opposition,  and  in  conformity  with  his 
own  reputation  formed  and  adapted  the  Greek  phrase  indi- 
cated by  the  initials.  Whether  it  be  pure  I  would  not  now 
say.  But  at  that  time  none  of  us  supposed  anything  more 
pure  could  have  been  formed  in  Athens,  such  was  our 
opinion  of  the  great  learning  of  our  founder." 

This  founder  was  John  Heath.  One  of  his  ideas 
may  be  imagined  from  an  early  rule:  "The  least 
appearance  of  intoxication  or  disorder  of  any  single 
member  by  liquor,  at  a  session,  subjects  him  to  the 
penalty  of  ten  shillings." 

It  is  surprising  to  discover  that  those  connected 
with  the  new  fraternity  had  such  clear  conceptions  of 
its  possibilities  and  such  definite  ideas  regarding  its 
internal  organization  and  general  characteristics, 
things  which,  in  the  case  of  most  institutions  of  the 
sort,  are  matters  of  growth,  indeed  of  slow  deve  op- 
ment.  There  was  to  be  the  mystery  of  secrecy.  There 
was  to  be  an  initiation  ceremony  with  its  oath  of 
fealty.  There  was  to  be  a  medal  for  external  display. 
And  there  was  to  be  expansion  into  a  national  fra- 
ternity. The  minutes  of  December  9,  1779  preface 
the  resolution  granting  authority  for  the  establish- 
ment of  the  Yale  chapter  with  the  words,  "Whereas 
the  Society  is  desirous  that  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa 
should  be  extended  to  each  of  the  United  States." 

The  record  book,  describing  the  medal,  states : 

"And  for  the  better  establishment  and  sanctitude  of  our 
unanimity,  a  square  silver  medal  was  agreed  on  and  insti- 
tuted, engraved  on  the  one  side  with  S.  P.,  the  initials  of 

S P ,   and  on  the   other,   agreeable 

to  the  former,  with  the  Greek  initials  of  Phi  Beta  Kappa, 
and  an  index  imparting  a  philosophical  design,  extended 
to  the  three  stars,  a  part  of  the  planetary  orb,  distin- 
guished." 

This  description,  in  modified  heraldic  terms,  seems 
also  somewhat  influenced  by  the  ancient  symbolism 
which  attached  to  the  sacred  number  three  of  which 
the  philosophical  writers  of  antiquity  made  much. 


BETA  OF  ILLINOIS 


THE  ORIGINAL  MEDAL. 


At  the  January  meeting  of  1777,  exactly  a  month 
later  (and  it  is  worth  noting  that  in  the  early  days 
of  the  fraternity  meetings  were  held  as  frequently  as 
was  the  case  with  the  other  literary  societies  in  col- 
legiate communities),  a  mode  of  initiation  was  re- 
ported. 

"And  first  in  corporation,  an  oath  of  fidelity  being  con- 
sidered as  the  strongest  preservative,  an  initiation  was 
accordingly  resolved  upon  and  instituted  as  follows: 

I,  A.  B.,  do  swear  on  the  holy  Evangelists  of  Almighty 
God,  or  otherwise,  as  calling  the  Supreme  Being  to  attest 
this  my  oath,  declaring  that  I  will,  with  all  my  possible 
efforts,  endeavor  to  prove  true,  just,  and  deeply  attached 
to  this  our  growing  fraternity;  in  keeping,  holding,  and 
preserving  all  secrets  that  pertain  to  my  duty,  and  for  the 
promotion  and  advancement  of  its  internal  welfare." 

The  March  meeting  adopted  a  set  of  by-laws,  sig- 
nificant in  their  scope  and  remarkably  suggestive  in 
the  light  of  the  history  of  other  similar  college  organi- 
zations, which  began  to  come  into  existence  fifty  years 
later.  Among  other  provisions  there  was  one,  the 
first  one  in  fact,  which  reads, 

"That  in  every  design  or  attempt,  whether  great  or  small, 
we  ought  to  invoke  the  Deity." 

Another  required  that  each  member  after  initiation 
should  wear  the  badge.  Membership  was  limited  to 
collegians  over  sixteen  years  of  age  who  were  unani- 
mously elected.    Regular  meetings  were  provided  for, 


10  PHI  BETA  KAPPA 

with  programme,  with  method  of  procedure,  with  fines 
for  non-attendance  and  for  non-performance  of 
assigned  duties. 

At  subsequent  meetings  there  were  literary  exer- 
cises consisting  of  declamations  on  subjects  of  inter- 
est, many  of  them  political.  The  initiation  fee,  origi- 
nally six  shillings,  was  raised  to  five  dollars.  Fines 
were  common  and  heavy.  For  example,  on  Septem- 
ber 23,  1780,  Joshua  Cabell  was  fined  $20.00  for  non- 
attendance  on  the  evening  he  was  appointed  to 
declaim,  and,  on  other  occasions,  fines  of  $15.00  each 
were  levied  on  brothers  Swan,  Lee,  Washington,  Madi- 
son and  Nivison,  for  being  absent  on  evenings  when 
disengaged. 

The  social  side  of  fraternity  was  not  neglected,  for 
the  meetings  often  were  held  in  the  famous  Raleigh 
tavern  where,  so  the  record  tells  us,  "the  night  was 
spent  in  Jollity  and  Mirth."  Tradition  places  the 
initial  meeting  of  our  fraternity  in  the  Apollo  room  in 
this  hostelry,  where  Patrick  Henry  made  one  of  his 
fiery  pre-Revolutionary  speeches. 

On  December  10,  1778,  the  rule  which  limited  mem- 
bership to  collegians  was  abrogated,  presumably  under 
an  influence  which  secured  the  passage  of  a  resolution 
on  May  4,  1779  providing  for  the  expansion  of  the  fra- 
ternity. Under  this  changed  condition  a  young  artil- 
lery captain  residing  in  Williamsburg  and  taking  law 
lectures  at  the  college,  by  name  John  Marshall,  was 
admitted  to  membership.  A  form  of  charter  was 
devised  and  authority  was  voted  for  the  establishment 
of  the  Beta,  Gamma  and  Delta  "meetings"  in  neigh- 
boring Virginia  towns.  No  records  have  ever  been 
found  to  show  that  such  branches  had  life,  except  that 
the  later  grants  to  Harvard  and  Yale  carried  with  them 
the  names  Epsilon  and  Zeta,  Eta  and  Theta  being 
given  to  two  other  Virginia  community  groups.  The 
word  "Chapter"  was  not  used  for  many  years.  If  the 
Virginia  branches  were  established,  they  quickly  be- 
came extinct  under  the  pressure  of  the  Revolutionary 
war.  The  reasons  for  the  expansion  of  Phi  Beta 
Kappa  were  declared  in  the  charter  preamble. 


BETA  OF  ILLINOIS  11 

"Whereas  it  is  repugnant  to  the  liberal  principles  of  So- 
cieties that  they  should  be  confined  to  any  particular  place, 
men  or  Description  of  men,  and  as  the  same  should  be 
extended  to  the  wise  and  virtuous  of  every  degree  and  of 
whatever  Country,  &c." 

But,  while  there  was  willingness  to  expand,  there 
was  jealous  regard  for  the  prime  ideas  of  the  fra-. 
ternity  as  the  record  of  December  5,  1779  shows: 

"Resolved,  That  so  much  of  Mr.  Parmelie's  petition  as 
relates  to  the  establishment  of  a  Phi :  society  to  be  con- 
ducted in  a  less  mysterious  manner  than  the  Phi  Beta 
Kappa  be  not  agreed  to,  as  the  design  appears  to  be  in- 
compatible with  the  principles  of  this  meeting." 

The  simple  form  of  initiation  already  described 
seems  to  have  proved  unsatisfactory,  for,  on  February 
27,  1779,  a  committee  reported  the  following  ritual 
which  was  adopted. 

"The  person  to  be  initiated,  having  been  properly  recom- 
mended and  approved,  shall  be  brought  to  the  door  by 
him  who  recommended  him.  Then  he  shall  be  met 
by  some  other  member  who  shall  introduce  and  seat 
him  on  a  Chair  prepared  for  the  purpose,  the  whole  So- 
ciety rising  from  their  seats  and  bowing.  The  Stranger 
at  the  same  time  having  a  Paper  in  his  hand  which  he, 
after  being  seated,  shall  deliver  to  his  guide  who  shall  read 

it  as  follows  :    "The  address  of of 

to  the  Members  of  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa.  Gentlemen :  From 
a  full  conviction  of  the  benefit  arising  from  Society  in 
general,  and  particularly  from  one  which  I  hope  has 
Friendship  for  its  Basis,  Benevolence  and  Literature  for 
its  Pillars,  I  am  induced  to  accept  of  the  Invitation  for  an 
admission  into  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa,  and  for  the  honor 
confer'd  on  me  by  this  invitation  I  return  you  my  most 
sincere  thanks." 

Then  the  President  shall  say: 

"Mr. It  was  in  consequence  of  our  good  opinion 

of  you,  that  we  have  admitted  you  thus  far,  and  we  hope 
you  will  render  yourself  still  more  acceptable  by  answering 
in  the  affirmative  to  the  following  questions : 

1.  If  upon  hearing  you  dislike  the  principles  of  this  So- 
ciety and  withdraw,  do  you  promise  upon  the  word  of  a 
Gentleman  to  keep  them  secret? 

2.  Is  it  of  your  own  free  choice  unbiased  by  persuasion 
that  you  become  a  member  of  this  Society? 


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3.  Will  you  approve  yourself  a  worthy  member  of  it 
by  being  a  Friend  to  Morality  and  Literature? 

4.  Will  you  regard  every  worthy  member  of  this  So- 
ciety as  a  Brother? 

5.  Will  you  assist  them  when  in  distress  with  your  Life 
and  Fortune?" 

After  which  the  Laws  shall  be  read  by  the  Clerk,  and 
if  the  Person  to  be  admitted  approve  them,  the  Oath  shall 
be  administered  by  the  President;  then  the  Medal  and 
sign  of  the  Society  shall  be  explained;  and  afterward  the 
President  shall  thus  address  the  newly  initiated  Member. 

Brother:  It  is  an  uncommon  pleasure  which  I  feel  in 
being  able  to  address  you  by  this  tender  appellation;  such 
have  been  the  mutual  pleasures  ever  distributed  among 
the  Members  of  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa. 

This  Society  was  founded  by  a  few  friends  to  social 
and  improving  intercourse.  At  first  it  was  confined  to  a 
small  number  of  very  worthy  Students;  they  planted  the 
scion,  from  which  has  grown  this  tree,  that  now  buds 
forth  before  your  eyes,  with  the  blossoms  of  harmony  and 
concord.  It  was  ingrafted  on  the  stock  of  friendship,  in 
the  soil  of  virtue,  enriched  by  Literature.  To  cherish  and 
keep  it  alive  hath  been  the  constant  care  of  those  members 
who  have  succeeded. 

To  which  end  they  have  ever  kept  in  view  the  design  of 
its  worthy  founders,  who  adopted  this  friendly  communion 
as  a  recreation  to  the  philosophic  mind,  satiate  with  in- 
vestigating the  various  springs  of  Human  nature  and 
human  actions. 

Now  then  you  may  for  a  while  disengage  yourself  from 
scholastic  Laws  and  communicate  without  reserve  what- 
ever reflections  you  have  made  upon  various  objects;  re- 
membering that  everything  transacted  within  this  room  is 
transacted  Sub  rosa,  and  detested  is  he  that  discloses  it. 

Here  too  you  are  to  indulge  in  matters  of  speculation, 
that  freedom  of  inquiry  which  ever  dispels  the  clouds  of 
falsehood  by  the  radiant  sunshine  of  truth.  Here  you  are 
to  look  for  a  sincere  Friend,  and  here  you  are  to  become 
the  Brother  of  unalienable  Brothers. 

After  which  the  President  turning  to  the  members  shall 
thus  address  them:  Gentlemen:  You  all  at  this  moment 
experience  in  yourselves  the  heart-felt  satisfaction  which 
I  do  at  our  late  valuable  acquisition. 

Friendship  herself  pleased  with  her  success  now  smiles  at 
this  addition  to  our  Fraternity.  Let  it  be  our  joint  care  to 
extend  the  Friendship  which  has  ever  been  exercised  by  this 
Society  to  this  newly  elected  Member,  that  he  may  thereby 
become  a  veteran  in  her  service.  Let  us  consider  that  this 
is  no  longer  the  stranger  whom  we  have  hitherto  seen ;  he 
is  a  Brother,  a  member  of  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa,  in  which 


BETA  OF  ILLINOIS  13 

character  I  am  inexpressibly  happy  to  introduce  to  you 

Mr. . 

After  this  the  President  shall  take  him  by  the  hand, 
with  a  congratulation,  and  then  the  Secretary  who  shall 
introduce  him  to  each  of  the  Members  separately;  all  tak- 
ing care  to  use  the  mode  of  shaking  hands  peculiar  to  the 
Phi  Beta  Kappa." 

The  laws  adopted  at  this  meeting  were  twenty-two 
in  number,  only  one  of  which,  perhaps,  need  be  given : 

"The  youngest  member  residing  in  College  shall  be  Ser- 
geant, whose  office  is  to  summon  the  members  when  a 
meeting  shall  be  called." 

On  December  4,  1779  the  charter  to  Harvard  was 
voted.  It  was  delivered  to  Elisha  Parmele,  a  northern 
student  who  had  sought  the  milder  climate  of  Vir- 
ginia because  of  lung  trouble,  and  was  now  about  to 
return  home,  carrying  with  him  authority  to  found  two 
new  branches,  a  charter  for  Yale  being  also  given  him 
on  December  9th.  We  are  fortunate  in  having  a  rec- 
ord of  the  individual  who  caught  the  idea  of  national 
expansion. 

The  first  grant  of  a  charter,  the  Beta,  was  made  to 
Samuel  Hardy,  who  had  been  a  member  less  than  a 
year.  It  was  for  a  local  Virginia  group.  The  last 
president  of  the  Alpha  chapter,  at  the  time  of  its  dis- 
banding owing  to  the  Revolutionary  excitement,  was 
William  Short,  afterwards  prominent  in  American 
diplomatic  history.  In  a  letter  to  Edward  Everett, 
July  8,  1831,  Mr.  Short  said: 

"The  origin  of  the  charter  to  which  you  allude  as  es- 
tablishing your  society  at  Cambridge  and  to  which  my 
name  is  annexed,  proceeded  altogether  from  one  of  the 
members  (Samuel  Hardy)  whose  name  you  find  sub- 
scribed. He  was  a  man  of  a  most  comorehensive  mind, 
but  he  was  what  was  termed  an  irregular  student,  that  is, 
not  entitled  to  wear  the  cap  and  gown,  he  was  not  held  in 
estimation  by  the  pedantic  and  often  thick  headed  cap  and 
gown  students.  I  remember  yet  my  surprise  when  he 
communicated  to  me  his  plan  for  extending  branches  of 
our  society  to  the  different  States.  It  was  the  first  symp- 
tom of  anything  coming  from  him  indicative  of  his  mind. 
He  expatiated  on  the  great  advantages  that  would  attend 


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it  In  binding  together  the  several  States.  I  happened  at 
that  time  to  be  acquainted  with  a  gentleman  from  the 
.  Eastward  who  was  a  private  tutor  in  the  family  of  one  of 
my  friends,  and  as  I  knew  he  then  contemplated  return- 
ing to  his  native  state,  I  suggested  to  Mr.  Hardy  the  pro- 
priety of  bringing  forward  his  plan  before  the  society,  so 
that  the  charter  might  be  ready  to  be  sent  by  this  gentle- 
man. It  was  accordingly  done.  And  if  my  memory  serves 
me,  a  charter  of  the  same  kind  was  sent  at  the  same  time 
to  New  Haven." 

In  the  grant  to  Harvard  there  was  this  paragraph  : 

"That  the  Governing  Rule  of  your  conduct  and  that  of 
the  Society  be  to  further  and  promote  the  fundamental 
principles  and  maxims  of  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa  to  the  best 
of  your  knowledge;  and  above  all  you  are  to  be  careful 
to  promote  friendship  and  union  among  one  another,  as 
well  as  to  bring  it  forth  in  a  Communion  with  us  here; 
so  far  as  it  may  be  practicable  and  convenient." 

On  Saturday,  January  6,  1781,  five  members  of  the 
parent  chapter  met  and  decided  that,  because  of  the 
threatened  dangers  *of  the  v^ar,  the  society  should  dis- 
band. They  placed  the  records  of  Phi  Beta  Kappa 
in  a  sealed  box,  v^hich  they  put  in  the  hands  of  the 
College  Stew^ard.  They  said  that  they  made  the  depos- 
it "in  sure  and  certain  hope  that  the  Fraternity  w^ill 
one  day  rise  in  life  everlasting  and  glory  immortal." 
So  ended  the  Alpha  chapter,  and  had  it  not  been  for 
the  tv^o  grants  to  Elisha  Parmele,  so  w^ould  have 
ended  the  fraternity  of  Phi  Beta  Kappa. 

Mr.  Parmele  went  back  to  his  home  in  Goshen,  Con- 
necticut, where  he  initiated  several  young  men  as  a 
nucleus  for  the  Yale  society  which  was  formally 
established  November  13,  1780.  The  branch  at  Har- 
vard was  not  founded  until  July,  1781.  By  agree- 
ment these  two  chapters  granted  a  charter  to  Dart- 
mouth, which  was  organized  August  20,  1787.  These 
three  Alphas,  in  Connecticut,  Massachusetts  and  New 
Hampshire,  then  comprised  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa  fra- 
ternity for  thirty  years. 

It  is  not  the  purpose  of  this  sketch  to  follow  out  the 
history  of  the  fraternity.  It  is,  rather,  to  show  how 
the  Phi  Beta  Kappa  was  a  regular  Greek  Letter  fra- 
ternity in  the  usual  meaning  of  that  term,  how  it  had 


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BETA  OF  ILLINOIS  15 

either  in  fact  or  in  thought  all  the  paraphernalia  of 
the  modern  fraternity,  and  how,  for  a  time  at  least, 
while  scholarly  qualifications  were  insisted  on,  it  was 
by  no  means  merely  a  scholarship  fraternity.  The 
materials  for  such  study  are  found  in  the  interesting 
1912  catalogue  of  the  Harvard  chapter  and  in  the 
chapter  histories  published  in  our  extremely  creditable 
fraternity  magazine,  "The  Phi  Beta  Kappa  Key." 

We  have  seen  how  the  mother  chapter  held  frequent 
meetings,  how  it  had  an  initiation  ceremony,  how  it 
magnified  its  secrecy,  and  how,  "with  Jollity  and 
Mirth"  it  sometimes  enjoyed  its  feasts  in  the  tavern 
in  the  town. 

From  Yale  we  get  the  statement  that  the  "sign"  of 
the  fraternity  was  a  left  to  right  stroking  of  the  chin. 
The  grip  was  an  ordinary  hand-clasp  without  locking 
of  the  thumbs,  and  with  a  slight  pressure  on  the  wrist. 
The  "knock"  consisted  of  three  raps,  two  soft  and 
one  loud,  in  anapaestic  rhythm.  The  "yell"  was  "Phi 
ai  ai.  Phi  Beta  Kappa."  The  college  bell  announced 
the  time  of  meeting  of  the  fraternity  by  a  rough  imi- 
tation of  this  cry.  The  "feed"  on  informal  occasions, 
at  least  at  Yale  appears  to  have  been  the  humble 
American  peanut.  There  was  a  cipher  for  use  in  all 
fraternity  correspondence.  The  archives  were  kept  in 
a  "trunk"  or  "chest,"  the  prototype  of  the  modern 
fraternity  "strong-box,"  or,  in  newer  chapter-houses, 
the  safe.  Twice  at  Dartmouth  and  once  at  Yale  the 
precious  secrets  were  stolen  by  inquisitive  individuals, 
in  one  case  at  Dartmouth  the  three  culprits  being  mem- 
bers of  the  chapter.  There  was  the  external  badge, 
the  medal,  which,  on  state  occasions,  was  suspended 
by  the  fraternity  colors,  "pink  and  sky-blue  ribbands." 
Once  a  supposed  Dartmouth  member  visited  the  Har- 
vard chapter.  What  happened  is  indicated  by  the  rec- 
ord of  September  15,  1789. 

"A  graduate  of  Dartmouth  was  introduced,  who  pos- 
sessed a  medal  similar  to  those  of  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa  and 
pretended  to  be  acquainted  with  the  mysteries  of  the  So- 
ciety. But  some  members  doubting  his  being  in  reality 
a  brother,  he  was  requested  to  explain  the  medal  and  to 


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disclose  the  mysteries,  which  being  unable  to  do,  he  was 
dismissed  as  an  impostor.  This  business  employed  the 
Society  till  late  in  the  evening." 

This  stealing  of  records  and  this  early  "third 
degree"  are  strikingly  suggestive  of  interfraternity 
relationships  in  the  colleges  a  generation  ago. 

There  were  plans  for  retaining  the  friendship  and 
interest  of  the  alumni  members.  There  were  discus- 
sions about  securing  chapter  rooms  and,  later,  about 
the  possibility  of  having  regular  lodges,  the  predeces- 
sors of  the  modern  chapter-houses.  There  were  fra- 
ternity songs  at  the  banquets,  one  of  them  being 
written  and  sung  by  Oliver  Wendell  Holmes.  There 
were  catalogues  of  the  members.  There  were  forms 
of  signature,  such  as  "Yours  in  our  'growing  fra- 
ternity* "  and  "Your  inalienable  brother,"  these  being 
taken  from  ritualistic  or  legal  phraseology  already 
mentioned.  There  was  much  stress  laid  upon  the  im- 
portance of  friendship.  There  were  propositions  for 
a  general  convention  of  members.  There  was  pro- 
vision for  the  care  of  needy  brothers.  There  was  a 
plan  for  a  fraternity  magazine  as  early  as  1802.  Its 
fruition  came  on  September  10,  1825  when  the  first 
number  appeared  of  the  "New  York  Literary  Gazette 
and  Phi  Beta  Kappa  Repository,"  this  combination 
with  a  standard  magazine  seeming  the  wisest  solution 
of  the  problem.  The  banquets  must  have  been  lively 
occasions.  Records  tell  of  the  "splendid  repast,  with 
its  luxuries  of  friendship  and  sociability;"  the  "rich 
collation,  circulating  the  social  glass  free  from  the 
sediment  of  care,  and  expressing  their  most  cordial 
wishes  for  the  prosperity  of  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa  and 
the  happiness  of  its  respective  members." 

"Having  spent  a  couple  of  hours  in  convivial  enjoyment; 
drank  several  toasts  expressive  of  our  warm  affection  for 
the  society  at  large  and  our  best  wishes  for  its  interests, 
and  having  smoaked  the  calumet  of  peace  and  philanthropy, 
we  took  an  affectionate  parting." 

John  Quincy  Adams  mentions  some  of  these  ban- 
quets in  his  famous  diary.  They  seem  to  have  aroused 
opposition   on   the   part   of   certain   members.     One 


BETA  OF  ILLINOIS  17 

catches  the  suggestion  of  real  fraternity  in  the  toast 
of  1792,  "May  resident  members  preserve  the  pure 
Attic  fire,  and  non-residents  annually  indulge  in  its 
genial  warmth."  The  ''libations  to  harmony  and  joy 
usual  on  this  celebrated  anniversary"  were  attended 
by  a  parting  toast  from  the  treasurer,  "May  each  one 
liberally  untie  his  purse  strings  to  pay  the  reckoning." 
In  1806  one  disgusted  member  wrote  in  his  diary, 

"Such  was  the  extravagance  exhibited  in  giving  $70  for 
the  theatrical  musicians,  who  were  a  nuisance,  and  in  pay- 
ing for  25  dinners  which  were  not  eaten,  that  I  now  feel 
resolved  never  to  dine  with  the  society  again.  Expense 
to  each  one  was  $570." 

In  1801  the  committee  reported  that  a  good  dinner 
could  be  secured  for  $1.00,  wine  being  offered  at  the 
following  rates,  Madeira,  $1.00  a  bottle;  Lisbon  and 
Sherry,  50  cents ;  Port,  66  2/3.  The  offended  brother 
of  1806  had  a  record  of  attending  every  Harvard 
meeting  except  in  1808  for  forty-six  years. 

In  1832  hired  musicians  were  abandoned  at  Har- 
vard, and  it  was  voted  to  try  a  plan  which  should 
make  expenses  more  moderate  and  within  the  means 
of  the  members  of  the  fraternity,  this  reform  move- 
ment following  the  great  anti  secret  society  crusade 
of  the  Morgan  excitement.  The  plan  proposed  a  per- 
manent fund,  secured  by  subscription,  one-third  of  the 
income  to  be  used  in  paying  for  the  band,  one-third 
for  the  guests  of  the  society  and  the  other  third  toward 
the  expenses  of  the  annual  banquet. 

In  1838  the  objector  recorded  in  his  diary, 

"Though  I  have  belonged  to  the  Society  forty-seven 
anniversaries,  yet  I  have  dined  with  them  but  fourteen 
times,  the  last  in  1824  with  LaFayette.  My  reason  has 
been  that  the  meeting  is  far  too  Bachanalian  for  my  taste." 

Three  years  later  he  wrote, 

"For  the  16th  time  I  dined  with  the  society,  though  my 
judgment  and  feelings  equally  revolted  at  the  quantities 
of  wine  drunk,  among  others  by  clergymen.  And  of  these 
by  one  who  not  long  since  delivered  an  eloquent  lecture  in 
many  places  on  total  abstinence  from  all  which  can  intoxi- 


18  PHI  BETA  KAPPA 

cate.  So  also  we  had  scarcely  dined  before  the  room  be- 
came dark  and  nauseous  by  tobacco  smoke  and  consequent 
expectoration  which  it  occasioned.  I  hope  to  see  a  Phi 
Beta  Kappa  dinner  at  which  there  shall  be  no  unnatural 
excitement  from  alcoholic  liquors  and  at  the  same  time  a 
'feast  of  reason  and  flow  of  soul.'" 


The  reverend  brother  rejoiced  greatly  when  in  1847 
liquor  was  banished  from  the  annual  meeting  at  Cam- 
bridge. He  is  not  to  be  left  without  noting  his  com- 
ments on  some  of  the  abstruse  addresses  delivered 
before  the  society.  Sometimes  he  thought  his  intellect 
growing  weak,  until  he  inquired  of  others  who  told  him 
they  could  not  understand  the  argument  either.  In 
one  instance  he  described  an  oration  as  "a  long  night 
with  occasional  flashes  of  lightning." 

Still  another  fraternity  feature  was  developed  in 
early  Phi  Beta  Kappa.  The  laws  of  the  mother 
chapter  provided  for  a  unanimous  vote  for  both  elec- 
tion and  expulsion.  Not  many  cases  of  the  latter  are 
reported.  The  Dartmouth  chapter  had  to  expel  three. 
One  was  exposed  as  a  wholesale  robber  of  the  college 
library,  and  became  the  first  inmate  of  the  new  county 
jail.  Another  was  an  alumnus  of  twenty  years'  stand- 
ing who  was  expelled  for  gross  and  habitual  intem- 
perance. The  third  was  declared  unworthy,  "having 
by  several  infamous  and  overt  acts,  forfeited  all  pre- 
tensions to  moral  character."  The  historian  of  the 
Dartmouth  chapter  says  of  this  case: 


"The  record  is  that  of  John  Henry This  man 

enjoyed  at  that  day  a  wide  notoriety.  He  was  not  a  mem- 
ber of  the  College,  but  a  bright  young  Irish  adventurer 
who  drifted  over  to  this  country,  and  after  a  varied  ex- 
perience in  the  great  cities  and  as  a  captain  in  the  army, 
settled  down  as  a  farmer  and  an  editor  at  Windsor,  Ver- 
mont, and  in  1806  was  admitted  a  member  of  our  Society. 
In  1809  he  performed  the  office  of  a  secret  agent  of  the 
British,  and  being  neglected  by  them,  sold  for  a  large  sum 
to  President  Madison  a  copy  of  his  correspondence,  tend- 
ing to  compromise  not  only  the  British  government  but 
the  Federal  party  in  New  England.  For  which  of  these 
treacheries  the  Society  condemned  him  the  record  does 
not  disclose." 


BETA  OF  ILLINOIS  19 

At  the  same  time  it  is  easy  to  imagine  the  satisfac- 
tion of  the  Federalists  of  Phi  Beta  Kappa,  when,  on 
June  4,  1812,  they  expelled  him  by  the  unanimous  vote 
of  the  annual  meeting  of  the  chapter. 

One  is  tempted  here  to  make  a  digression  to  con- 
sider other  relationships  between  Phi  Beta  Kappa  and 
the  history  of  our  country.  In  the  initial  record  at 
Williamsburg,  the  year  1776  is  accompanied  by  the 
suggestive  words  **and  the  first  of  the  Common- 
wealth," indicative  of  the  recent  change  of  the  Old 
Dominion  from  colony  to  commonwealth  following  the 
Declaration  of  Independence.  The  first  topic  assigned 
for  discussion  in  the  Harvard  chapter  in  1781  was, 
"Whether  Benedict  Arnold  can  be  considered  as  a 
traitor?"  this  subject  being  selected,  singularly  enough, 
just  about  the  time  when  Arnold's  landing  in  Virginia 
with  British  and  Tories  so  frightened  the  brothers  at 
Williamsburg  that  they  sealed  up  the  papers  of  the 
mother  Alpha  and  closed  the  record  of  the  fraternity. 

In  1790  students  at  what  is  now  Brown  University 
applied  for  a  charter  of  the  fraternity.  The  Harvard 
chapter  refused  the  favor,  basing  its  objections  on  the 
low  standards  of  the  Providence  institution  and  the 
importance  of  keeping  the  dignity  of  Phi  Beta  Kappa 
unimpaired.  The  historian  of  the  Brown  chapter, 
which  was  established  in  1829  with  the  hearty  approval 
of  Harvard,  states; 

"It  is  not  improbable  that  the  inherited  antipathy  to  the 
colony  founded  by  Roger  Williams  and  his  associates,  all 
of  whom  were  men  despised  and  rejected  of  Massachu- 
setts, may  have  largely  influenced  this  action  of  the  Har- 
vard chapter.  No  objection  had  been  made  to  the  grant- 
ing of  a  charter  to  Dartmouth,  whose  standards  were  cer- 
tainly no  higher  than  were  those  of  Rhode  Island  College." 

The  excitement  of  the  years  1798-1799,  when  the 
quasi  war  with  France,  the  Alien  and  Sedition  Acts, 
the  Virginia  and  Kentucky  Resolutions,  and  the 
Jacobin  Clubs  stirred  the  people,  is  reflected  in  a  dis- 
cussion at  Cambridge  of  a  suggestion  from  New 
Haven  that  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa  should  be  abolished 
because  of  the  "suspicion  to  which  all  secret  societies 


20  PHI  BETA  KAPPA 

are  liable  in  the  present  dangerous  and  critical  situ- 
ation of  the  country."  At  Cambridge,  at  the  annual 
meeting  of  1798,  the  record  states  that  the  "public 
exercises  were  closed  with  the  celebrated  song,  'Adams 
and  Liberty'  sung  in  the  true  Federal  stile.''  This  was 
a  song  of  nine  stanzas,  written  by  Robert  Treat  Paine 
and  extremely  popular.  Its  style  is  suggested  by  the 
first  stanza: 

"Ye  sons  of  Columbia,  who  bravely  have  fought 

For  those  rights  which,  unstained,  from  your  Sires  had 
descended. 
May  you  long  taste  the  blessings  your  valour  has  bought, 
And  your  sons  reap  the  soil  which  your  fathers  de- 
fended. 
Mid  the  reign  of  mild  peace 
May  your  nation  increase. 
With  the  glory  of  Rome, 
And  the  wisdom  of  Greece, 
And  ne'er  may  the  sons  of  Columbia  be  slaves. 
While  the  earth  bears  a  plant,  or  the  sea  rolls  its  waves." 

The  music  was  that  of  "To  Anacreon  in  Heaven" 
now  everywhere  familiar  as  "The  Star  Spangled  Ban- 
ner," with  words  written  by  Francis  Scott  Key. 

Of  course  the  most  important  political  influence  was 
that  exerted  by  the  episode  of  William  Morgan  and  the 
anti-Masonic  excitement.  A  member  of  Phi  Beta 
Kappa,  Mr.  Avery  AUyn  published  in  Boston  in  1831  a 
volume  entitled, 

"Ritual  of  Freemasonry,  to  which  is  added  a  key  to  the 
Phi  Beta  Kappa,  the  Orange  and  Odd  Fellows  societies, 
with  notes." 

The  part  containing  the  "Key  to  Phi  Beta  Kappa" 
was  quoted  in  an  article  by  Hon.  John  DeWitt  War- 
ner published  in  the  "D.  K.  E.  Quarterly"  of  October, 
1886.  One  paragraph  has  interest  in  showing  the  seri- 
ous danger  attending  the  hapless  student  who  may 
think  of  following  philosophy  as  the  guide  of  life : 

"Philosophy  has  been  the  watchword  of  infidels  in  every 
age,  and  by  its  learned  and  enchanting  sound  many  un- 
wary youths  have  been  led  to  reject  the  only  sure  guide  to 
heaven." 


BETA  OF  ILLINOIS  21 

Mr.  AUyn  attacked  the  fraternity  as  being  of  foreign 
origin.  Like  others  he  had  in  mind  the  "Order  of  the 
Illuminati,"  a  society  whose  name  seems  to  have 
struck  terror  to  the  heart  of  many  an  American  of  the 
early  days.  He  disclosed  the  motto  and  its  meaning 
and  helped  to  stir  up  a  lively  agitation  for  the  removal 
of  the  ban  of  secrecy  from  the  fraternity.  It  has  been 
noted  that  Elisha  Parmele's  request  that  he  be  allowed 
to  establish  the  two  New  England  chapters  with  less 
of  mystery  than  that  which  attended  the  mother  society 
was  refused.  In  1789  the  Harvard  chapter  voted  that 
"because  several  persons  not  members  of  the  society 
have  endeavored  to  discover  the  manner  of  salutation 
peculiar  to  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa:  this  manner  be  sus- 
pended until  the  next  anniversary."  The  chapter  at 
Dartmouth  seems  to  have  been  rather  opposed  to 
secrecy  for  a  long  time.  It  abolished  this  feature  of 
the  fraternity  in  1826.  The  struggle  at  Harvard  came 
between  July  and  September,  1831.  Phi  Beta  Kappa 
was  attacked  on  the  ground  of  its  being  a  secret  society 
binding  its  members  by  an  oath  not  to  disclose  its 
secrets.  The  president  of  the  chapter,  Edward  Ever- 
ett, wrote  to  Mr.  Justice  Story  a  letter  which  contained 
the  following  sentences :    • 

"Several  friends  with  whom  I  have  conversed  think  it 
expedient  wholly  to  drop  the  affectation  of  secrecy  and 
all  its  incidents.  A  change  of  the  present  name  would 
naturally,  but  not  necessarily,  follow.  One  gentleman 
thinks  the  society  useless  and  that  it  would  be  best  to 
abolish  it  altogether,  and  I  should  be  of  this  opinion,  un- 
less such  a  liberal  change  can  be  made  in  the  terms  of  ad- 
mission as  to  make  it  a  comprehensive  fraternity  of  the 
children  and  friends  of  the  college:  on  any  other  footing 
it  can  do  the  college  little  or  no  good." 

Several  special  meetings  were  held.  The  two  lines 
of  attack  were  on  the  secrecy  and  the  oath  and  on  the 
requirement  of  a  unanimous  vote  for  the  admission 
of  members.  Among  those  advocating  the  changes 
were  John  Quincy  Adams,  Edward  Everett  and  Mr. 
Justice  Story.  It  was  finally  decided  to  provide  for  an 
election  by  three- fourths  vote.  It  was  also  decided, 
"No  oath  or  form  of  secrecy  shall  be  required  of  any 


tl  PHI  BETA  KAPPA 

member  of  the  society  and  all  injunction  of  secrecy 
heretofore  imposed  by  this  branch  of  the  Phi  Beta 
Kappa  Society  shall  be  removed." 

It  is  interesting  to  note  that  at  the  annual  meet- 
ing held  on  September  1st  of  1831  the  proposition  to 
elect  members  by  a  three-fourths  majority  was 
repealed  and  while  a  committee  was  appointed  to  con- 
sider the  subject  and  report  at  the  next  meeting,  there 
is  no  record  that  any  such  report  was  ever  made. 

The  Yale  Chapter  also  was  persuaded  to  abolish 
secrecy.    A  contemporary  Yale  man  says : 

"In  those  days  freemasonry  and  anti-masonry  fought 
their  battles;  and  a  grave  question  of  conscience  arose 
about  the  promise  of  secrecy  exacted  on  initiation  into  the 
Phi  Beta  Kappa  Society.  Harvard  was  for  resolving  the 
secrecy  and  it  sent  Edward  Everett  to  the  private  meeting 
at  Yale  to  advocate  the  cause.  He  used  a  tender  tone, 
stood  half-drooping  as  he  spoke  and  touchingly  set  forth, 
that  the  students  at  Harvard  had  such  conscientious 
scruples  as  to  keep  them  from  taking  the  vow  of  secrecy 
and  the  society  Hfe  was  thus  endangered.  There  was  stout 
opposition  but  the  motion  prevailed  and  the  rhissionary 
returned  to  gladden  the  tender  consciences  of  the  Harvard 
boys.  The  secret  was  out.  The  world  did  not  stare  at 
the  discovery;  and  when  a  few  years  had  passed  the  so- 
ciety went  back  to  secrecy  and  revived  its  grip." 

In  1839  the  Harvard  chapter  voted, 

"That  the  ceremony  of  initiation,  having  been  rendered 
superfluous  by  the  change  in  the  organization  of  the  society 
in  1825,  be  hereafter  laid  aside." 

As  the  records  are  missing  for  that  year,  the  change 
made  in  1825  is  not  clear,  but  in  1840  the  need  of 
some  sort  of  ceremonial  led  to  the  adoption  of  a  plan 
whereby  "a  brief  history  of  the  Society,  an  account 
of  its  principles  and  an  explanation  of  its  signs"  made 
a  form  of  initiation.  Another  attendant  of  this  dis- 
cussion of  the  place  of  Phi  Beta  Kappa  was  a  con- 
sideration at  Harvard  of  the  general  subject  of  a  less 
restricted  membership.  On  August  28th,  1834,  the 
"immediate  members,"  that  being  a  term  used  for 
undergraduates,  asked  the  society  whether  they  were 


BETA  OF  ILLINOIS  23 

obliged  to  nominate,  before  others,  those  who  accord- 
ing to  the  system  of  the  college  were  the  first  sixteen, 
or  should  themselves  individually  judge  who  were  the 
best  qualified  as  scholars  and  otherwise. 

The  society  voted  that  scholarship  with  a  generally 
good  character  should  be  ground  of  election  into  Phi 
Beta  Kappa  Society,  that  the  decision  of  the  rank  of 
each  individual  should  be  left  with  the  immediate 
members  who  are  to  form  their  own  opinion,  but  that 
it  be  recommended  to  them  that  the  government  scale 
of  rank  should  be  an  important  element  in  the  forma- 
tion of  that  opinion.  It  also  resolved  that  the  number 
of  sixteen  from  each  class  should  not  be  exceeded 
because  it  was  a  number  fixed  by  long  usage. 

It  is  likely  that  this  expression  of  1834  was  the  first 
action  of  the  fraternity  specifying  scholarship  as  an 
essential  element  of  membership. 

Exception  may  be  taken  to  this  statement.  As  the 
records  are  read,  one  is  impressed  with  the  fact  that 
at  William  and  Mary  and  at  Dartmouth  ability  to 
declaim  and  debate  was  the  criterion,  although  schol- 
arship may  have  been  considered  in  connection  there- 
with. No  conclusion  can  be  drawn  from  the  fact  that 
at  the  annual  meeting  of  the  chapter  there  was  a  public 
oration  and  poem,  nor  can  any  argument  be  made  from 
the  literary  exercises  which  each  chapter  held.  The 
literary  societies  which  flourished  in  all  American  col- 
leges followed  exactly  the  same  custom.  The  Greek 
letter  fraternities  which  began  to  develop  after  1825, 
invited  their  friends  to  public  meetings  of  exactly  the 
same  character.  In  many  of  them  the  private  meet- 
ings partook  largely  of  the  nature  of  a  literary  society 
assembly.  In  some  instances  this  character  still 
remains  and  in  many  others  it  was  not  abandoned  until 
in  comparatively  recent  years. 

The  impression  is  strong  therefore  that  the  period 
of  anti-masonic  and  anti-secret  agitation  in  the  early 
30's  was  an  epoch  making  one  for  Phi  Beta  Kappa. 
Edward  Everett  Hale  in  an  Atlantic  Monthly  article 
on  Phi  Beta  Kappa  states : 


24  PHI  BETA  KAPPA 

"All  unconsciously,  to  the  immediate  members  of  the 
fraternity  at  that  time,  a  broadening  of  views  and  pur- 
poses now  took  place  that  in  due  time  brought  Phi  Beta 
Kappa  from  the  limited  range  of  an  ordinary  Greek  letter 
fraternity  into  the  larger  ambition  of  a  union  of  scholars." 

In  other  words,  at  that  time  Phi  Beta  Kappa  ceased 
to  be  a  Greek  letter  fraternity  of  the  type  now  familiar 
in  our  colleges  and  became  thereafter  known  principal- 
ly as  a  fraternity  of  scholars.  It  seems  entirely  likely 
that  if  this  agitation  had  not  developed  with  the  re- 
sults already  indicated  Phi  Beta  Kappa  would  remain 
today  a  Greek  letter  fraternity  of  the  standard  type, 
having  of  course  the  great  advantage  of  a  half  century 
of  existence  previous  to  the  time  when  Kappa  Alpha 
was  established  at  Union  College  as  the  pioneer  in  the 
modern  college  fraternity  field. 

From  this  period  of  storm  and  stress  interest  in 
Phi  Beta  Kappa  was  greatly  diminished.  The  charm 
of  secrecy  and  the  halo  of  mystery  were  gone.  "Stu- 
dent activities"  increased  in  number  and  in  attractive- 
ness. Even  as  early  as  1819  they  had  affected  Phi 
Beta  Kappa,  a  minute  of  that  year  at  Harvard  noting, 

"Since  literary  exercises  have  been  dispensed  with,  which 
may  be  traced  to  the  late  surprising  multiplication  of  lec- 
tures and  so  forth." 

Strong  literary  societies  and  college  publications  of 
varied  type  made  their  demands  on  the  literary  talent 
of  the  institutions.  There  was  added  also  the  difficulty 
of  arranging  a  time  for  Phi  Beta  Kappa  celebrations  at 
commencement  without  conflicting  with  meetings  of 
alumni  associations. 

It  is  true  that  in  1817  a  fourth  chapter  was  granted, 
this  time  to  Union  College,  but  it  was  eight  years  later 
before  another  one  was  granted,  to  Bowdoin.  After 
five  years  Brown  was  favored.  Then  there  was  a 
period  of  fifteen  years  when  but  two  more  chapters 
were  established.  Extension  at  this  time  and  up  to 
1883  was  administered  in  a  peculiar  way.  The  ancient 
Harvard  charter  contained  a  provision  which  gave, 


BETA  OF  ILLINOIS  25 

"the  privileges  of  the  meeting  Alpha  in  Virginia  in  grant- 
ing charters  for  the  establishment  of  other  meetings  any- 
where within  the  State  of  Massachusetts  Bay,  which  meet- 
ings are  to  stand  in  the  same  relation  to  you  that  the 
junior  branches  of  this  society  stand  to  the  meeting  Alpha 
here." 

Under  this  plan  the  Alpha  chapter  in  each  state  had 
power  to  grant  charters  to  institutions  in  that  state. 
This  fact  explains  the  varying  number  of  stars  form- 
erly found  on  the  Keys,  a  star  being  added  for  each 
new  chapter  in  the  state.  So  the  Alpha  of  New  York, 
at  Union,  founded  chapters  at  New  York  University 
(1858),  College  of  the  City  of  New  York  (1867), 
Columbia  (1869),  Hamilton  (1870),  Hobart  (1871), 
Colgate  (1878),  and  Cornell  (1882).  The  Alpha  of 
Connecticut,  at  Yale,  established  the  fraternity  at 
Trinity  (1845)  and  Wesleyan  (1845).  The  Alpha  of 
Massachusetts,  at  Harvard,  chartered  Amherst  (1853) 
and  Williams  (1867).  The  existing  Alpha  chapters 
established  the  Alpha  of  Vermont,  at  the  University 
of  Vermont,  in  1848,  and  it  chartered  Middlebury 
(1868).  The  Alpha  of  Ohio,  founded  at  Western 
Reserve  in  1848,  established  the  Kenyon  (1858)  and 
Marietta  (1860)  chapters.  The  Alpha  of  Alabama 
was  granted  in  1851  to  the  University  of  Alabama.  An 
Alpha  of  New  Jersey  was  chartered  at  Rutgers  in 
1869.  And  so,  by  slow  growth,  Phi  Beta  Kappa  in 
1881,  had  chartered  only  twenty-three  chapters.  The 
fraternity  had  very  little  real  life,  the  public  exercises 
at  commencement  time  being  about  the  only  outward 
evidence  of  activity.  But  there  is  much  significance 
in  the  statement  by  Edward  Everett  Hale  in  his 
"Fossil  from  the  Tertiary"  article  in  the  Atlantic 
Monthly,  already  quoted : 

"For  nearly  half  a  century  Phi  Beta  Kappa  was  the  only 
society  in  America  that  could  pretend  to  be  devoted  to 
literature  and  philosophy,  and  it  happened  therefore  that 
in  the  infant  literature  of  the  nation  some  noteworthy 
steps  are  marked  by  orations  and  poems  delivered  before 
the  Phi  Beta  Kappa." 

The  amount  and  character  of  this  literature  is  now 
being  indicated  by  a  comprehensive  "Bibliography  of 


26  PHI  BETA  KAPPA 

Phi  Beta  Kappa,"  which  a  Senator  of  the  United 
Chapters,  Professor  Clark  S.  Northup,  of  Cornell  Uni- 
versity, is  working  out  in  a  series  of  articles  in  the 
"Phi  Beta  Kappa  Key."  It  was  the  richness  and  im- 
portance of  this  contribution  of  the  fraternity  to 
American  letters,  both  formerly  and  now,  which  led 
to  the  plan  of  publication  of  a  volume  of  "Repre- 
sentative Phi  Beta  Kappa  Orations."  As  specific  illus- 
trations of  this  literature  the  following  orations  may  be 
mentioned. 

R.  W.  Emerson,  "The  American  Scholar,"  Harvard, 
1837. 

H.  Bushnell,  "The  Principles  of  National  Greatness," 
Yale,  1837. 

J,  Durfee,  "Science  and  Progress,"  Brown,  1843. 

A.  P.  Peabody,  "The  Connection  Between  Science  and 
Religion,"  Harvard,  1845. 

F.  A.  March,  "The  Scholar  of  To-Day,"  Amherst,  1868. 
A.  H.  Bullock,  "Intellectual  Leadership  in  American  His- 
tory," Brown,  1875. 

R.  G.  Hoar,  "Individualism,"  Vermont,  1880. 

C.  H.  Bell,  "The  Worship  of  Success,"  Dartmouth,  1881. 

E.  B.  Andrews,  "The  Social  Plaint,"  N.  Y.  Alumni,  1892. 

G.  C.  Southworth,  "The  Making  of  Our  Civilization," 
Kenyon,  1892. 

A.  D.  White,  "Evolution  vs.  Revolution  in  Politics," 
N.  Y.,  Alumni,  1896,  Cornell,  1913. 

T.  N.  Page,  "The  Hope  of  Democracy,"  William  and 
Mary.  1900. 

B.  I.  Wheeler,  "Things  Human,"  Chicago,  1901. 

B.  Perry,  "The  Amateur  Spirit,"  Columbia,  Tufts,  1901. 
J.  J.  Chapman,  "The  Unity  of  Human  Nature,"  Hobart, 

1901. 

F.  E.  Schelling,  "Humanities  Gone  and  to  Come,"  Penn- 
sylvania, 1902. 

W.  H.  Page,  "The  Cultivated  Man  in  an  Industrial  Era," 
Chicago,  Columbia,  1904. 
A.  B.  Hart,  "The  Hope  of  Democracy,"  Tufts,  1907. 

C.  W.  Eliot,  "Academic  Freedom,"  Cornell,  1907. 

E.  L.  Parsons,  "Democracy  and  a  Prophetic  Ideal,"  Stan- 
ford, 1907. 
W.  Wilson,  "The  Spirit  of  Learning,"  Harvard,  1909. 


BETA  OF  ILLINOIS  27 

B.  Wendell,  "The  Mystery  of  Education,"  Johns  Hop- 
kins, 1909. 

E.  A.  Grosvenor,  "The  Attitude  of  the  Scholar,"  North 
Carolina,  1909. 

J.  Royce,  "What  is  Vital  in  Christianity?"  Vassar,  1909. 

J.  Dewey,  "Humanism,  New  and  Old,"  Cornell,  1912. 

Another  significant  feature  of  Phi  Beta  Kappa, 
through  all  its  history,  has  been  the  high  character  of 
its  membership.  Writing  of  the  founders  of  the  frar 
ternity  another  Senator,  the  distinguished  Secretary 
of  the  United  Chapters,  Rev.  Oscar  M.  Voorhees, 
says: 

"The  men  who  made  Phi  Beta  Kappa  are  as  worthy 
of  study  as  the  organization  itself,  for  they  immedi- 
ately began  to  distinguish  themselves  in  the  public  life 
of  their  time.  More  than  one-fourth  of  them  served 
in  the  patriot  army,  and  nearly  one-third  of  them  be- 
came members  of  the  Virginia  legislature.  There 
were  enough  of  them  in  the  convention  of  1788,  which 
ratified  the  Constitution  of  the  United  States  on  the 
part  of  Virginia,  to  hold  the  balance  of  power  and 
to  determine  the  issue  for  ratification.  From  their 
number  men  were  chosen  to  the  Continental  Congress 
and  the  Congress  of  the  United  States.  One  was  clerk 
of  the  House  of  Representatives  from  its  organization, 
and  also  Librarian  of  Congress.  Two  were  esteemed 
judges  of  the  highest  court  of  Virginia;  for  a  time 
two  were  United  States  Senators,  one  representing 
his  native  state  and  the  other  Kentucky,  and  for  many 
years  two  others  sat  side  by  side  as  members  of  the 
Supreme  Court  of  the  United  States,  one  of  these 
being  John  Marshall,  the  Chief  Justice.  Thus,  from 
the  first.  Phi  Beta  Kappa  has  been  noted  for  its  dis- 
tinguished members." 

At  the  close  of  the  college  year  of  1914  (June  30) 
the  living  membership  of  the  fraternity  included  27,- 
645  names,  of  which  6,613  were  those  of  women.  In 
this  list  are  to  be  found  the  names  of  many  of  the 
most  eminent  of  present-day  Americans.  In  his  speech 
at  the  annual  banquet  of  the  Yale  Chapter,  held  March 
18,  1907,  William  H.  Taft,  then  Secretary  of  War, 


28  PHI  BETA  KAPPA 

said  that  three- fourths  of  the  distinguished  graduates 
of  Yale  or  any  other  University  having  a  chapter 
would  be  found  to  have  been  Phi  Beta  Kappa  men  in 
college,  though  the  society  embraces  scarcely  one- 
tenth  of  each  class.  If  the  long  roll  of  members  since 
1776  is  examined  such  notable  names  among  the  dead 
appear  as  those  of  John  Quincy  Adams,  Charles 
Francis  Adams,  Chester  A.  Arthur,  Jacob  Abbott, 
George  Bancroft,  William  Cullen  Bryant,  Phillips 
Brooks,  Rufus  Choate,  James  D.  Dana,  Jeremiah  Day, 
Ralph  Waldo  Emerson,  Edward  Everett,  James  A. 
Garfield,  Albert  Harkness,  William  Rainey  Harper, 
Nathaniel  Hawthorne,  Oliver  Wendell  Holmes,  Adon- 
iram  Judson,  John  Larkin  Lincoln,  Elias  Loomis, 
James  Russell  Lowell,  Henry  W.  Longfellow,  Horace 
Mann,  John  Marshall,  William  Walter  Phelps,  Wil- 
liam H.  Prescott,  Franklin  Pierce,  Noah  Porter,  Eze- 
kiel  Gilman  Robinson,  Charles  Sumner,  William  Gra- 
ham Sumner,  Francis  Wayland,  William  Dwight 
Whitney  and  Theodore  Dwight  Woolsey. 

In  another  particular  Phi  Beta  Kappa  deserves 
special  distinction.  The  records  of  the  Harvard  chap- 
ter, under  the  date  of  June  28,  1877,  read : 

"A  communication  was  read  from  the  Corresponding 
Secretary  of  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa,  Alpha  of  Vermont,  stat- 
ing that  whereas  young  women  were  now  admitted  to  the 
University  of  Vermont  on  the  same  terms  as  young  men; 
it  has  been  resolved  by  that  chapter  that  "all  graduates  of 
the  University  should  be  eligible  to  membership  in  the  Phi 
Beta  Kappa  without  distinction  of  sex."  No  action  was 
taken  on  this  communication." 

The  development  of  this  feature  of  the  fraternity  is 
described  by  Secretary  Voorhees  in  his  article,  "Phi 
Beta  Kappa,  Past  and  Present:" 

"In  this  respect  Phi  Beta  Kappa  is  absolutely  unique 
among  Greek-letter  fraternities.  It  was  not  of  set  pur- 
pose that  the  society  thus  broadened  its  ideas  respect- 
ing membership.  It  is  true  that  the  original  charters 
contained  the  bold  statements  that  "it  is  repugnant  to 
the  liberal  principles  of  societies  that  they  should  be 
confined  to  any  place,  men,  or  description  of  men,  and 


BETA  OF  ILLINOIS  29 

as  the  same  should  be  extended  to  the  wise  and  vir- 
tuous of  every  degree  and  every  country;" — but  it  is 
scarcely  possible  that  the  founders  imagined  that 
women  would  sometimes  be  included  among  the  "wise 
and  virtuous''  to  whom  membership  should  be 
extended.  However,  as  scholarship  came  to  be  the 
chief  requisite,  and  as  the  privilege  of  pursuing  full 
collegiate  courses  was  granted  to  women,  it  was  only 
a  matter  of  time  when  their  eligibility  should  be  recog- 
nized, and  they  be  admitted  as  a  matter  of  right,  not 
of  concession.  The  problem  was  first  faced  by  the 
Alpha  chapter  of  Vermont  at  the  University  when,  in 
1875,  two  women  attained  the  honor  grade.  As  at 
the  first  appearance  of  woman  it  required  a  deep  sleep 
on  the  part  of  man  to  prepare  him  to  receive  his  help- 
mate, so  the  Vermont  chapter  slept  over  the  proposi- 
tion, and  the  next  day  accorded  the  women  the  welcome 
to  which  they  were  rightfully  entitled.  The  issue  once 
decided,  other  chapters  had  less  difficulty  in  adapting 
their  practice  to  the  changed  conditions.  In  the  Cor- 
nell chapter,  which  was  organized  in  1883,  no  restric- 
tions as  to  sex  have  ever  prevailed.  As  co-education 
has  become  established  in  some  Eastern  and  practically 
all  Western  institutions,  a  large  proportion  of  the 
chapters  now  admit  women.  Chapters  also  exist  in  six 
colleges  for  women,  Vassar  being  the  first  of  the  class 
to  win  the  coveted  honor.  Her  charter  was  granted  in 
1889.  Two  women  are  now  Senators  of  the  United 
Chapters.  Phi  Beta  Kappa  has  eliminated  all  fortui- 
tous distinctions,  such  as  race,  color,  creed,  and  sex, 
and  selects  its  members  primarily  on  the  basis  of  schol- 
arship. It  is  essentially  democratic,  while  constantly 
recognizing  the  aristocracy  of  intellectual  acquire- 
ments. It  thus  enjoys  the  proud  distinction  of  being, 
among  American  educational  institutions,  the  chief 
"conserver  and  rewarder  of  scholastic  attainments." 

The  new  Phi  Beta  Kappa  dates  from  1881,  and  to 
the  Alpha  of  Massachusetts  belongs  the  honor  of  hav- 
ing proposed  a  closer  union  of  the  various  chapters 
of  Phi  Beta  Kappa  by  inviting  them  to  send  delegates 
to  its  one-hundredth  anniversary  and  to  a  fraternity 


30  PHI  BETA  KAPPA 

convention  in  connection  therewith.  A  majority  of 
the  twenty-three  chapters  responded,  and  the  organi- 
zation of  the  United  Chapters  was  the  ultimate  result. 
This  convention  was  held  in  Cambridge,  June  30,  1881. 
Before  the  organization  was  completed,  two  additional 
meetings  were  held  in  New  York  City,  on  October  18, 
1881,  and  September  6  and  7,  1882,  respectively.  At 
the  latter  meeting  a  constitution  was  adopted  and  sent 
to  the  chapters  for  ratification.  Being  duly  ratified, 
according  to  its  provisions  the  first  National  Council 
was  called,  and  met  in  Saratoga,  N.  Y.,  September  5, 
1883.  Thirteen  chapters  were  represented.  Since  that 
date  all  the  existing  chapters  have  ratified  the  Constitu- 
tion, the  Alpha  of  Virginia  and  the  Alpha  of  Alabama 
have  been  revived,  and  have  joined  the  organization, 
and  sixty-one  charters  have  been  granted  and  chapters 
instituted,  making  eighty-six  chapters  in  all.  The  roll 
is  as  follows: 

1.  1776  William  and  Mary  College. 

2.  1780  Yale  University. 

3.  1781  Harvard  University. 

4.  1787  Dartmouth  College. 

5.  1817  Union  University. 

6.  1825  Bowdoin  College. 

7.  1830  Brown  University. 

8.  1845  Trinity  College. 

9.  1845  Wesleyan  University. 

10.  1847  Western  Reserve  University. 

11.  1848  University  of  Vermont. 

12.  1851  University  of  Alabama. 

13.  1853  Amherst  College. 

14.  1858  Kenyon  College. 

15.  1858  New  York  University. 

16.  1860  Marietta  College. 

17.  1864  Williams  College. 

18.  1867  College  of  the  City  of  New  York. 

19.  1868  Middlebury  College. 

20.  1869  Rutgers  College. 

21.  1869  Columbia  University. 

22.  1870  Hamilton  College. 

23.  1871  Hobart  College. 


BETA  OF  ILLINOIS  31 

24.  1878  Colgate  University. 

25.  1882  Cornell  University. 

26.  1887  Dickinson  College. 

27.  1887  Lehigh  University. 

28.  1887  Rochester  University. 

29.  1889  DePauw  University. 

30.  1890  Northwestern  University. 

31.  1890  University  of  Kansas. 

32.  1890  Lafayette  College. 

33.  1892  Tufts  College. 

34.  1892  University  of  Pennsylvania. 

35.  1892  University  of  Minnesota. 

36.  1895  University  of  Iowa. 

37.  1895  Johns  Hopkins  University. 

38.  1896  University  of  Nebraska. 

39.  1896  Colby  College. 

40.  1896  Syracuse  University. 

41.  1896  Swarthmore  College. 

42.  1898  Wabash  College. 

43.  1898  University  of  California. 

44.  1899  Haverford  College. 

45.  1899  University  of  Wisconsin. 

46.  1899  Boston  University. 

47.  1899  Vassar  College. 

48.  1899  University  of  Cincinnati. 

49.  1899  Princeton  University. 

50.  1899  St.  Lawrence  University. 

51.  1899  University  of  Chicago. 

52.  1901  Vanderbilt  University. 

53.  1901  University  of  Missouri. 

54.  1902  Allegheny  College. 

55.  1904  University  of  Colorado. 

56.  1904  Smith  College. 

57.  1904  Stanford  University. 

58.  1904  University  of  North  Carolina. 

59.  1904  Colorado  College. 

60.  1904  Wellesley  College. 

61.  1904  Ohio  State  University. 

62.  1905  Mt.  Holyoke  College. 

63.  1905  University  of  Texas. 

64.  1905  Goucher  College. 


32  PHI  BETA  KAPPA 

65.  1907  Oberlin  College. 

66.  1907  Ohio  Wesleyan  University. 

67.  1907  University  of  Illinois. 

68.  1907  University  of  Michigan. 

69.  1908  Franklin  and  Marshall  College. 

70.  1908  Grinnell  College. 

71.  1909  University  of  Virginia. 

72.  1909  Tulane  University. 

73.  1910  West  Virginia  University. 

74.  1911  Denison  University. 

75.  1911  Indiana  University. 

76.  1911  Washington  and  Lee  University. 

77.  1911  Miami  University. 

78.  1911  Beloit  College. 

79.  1914  Lawrence  College. 

80.  1914  Pomona  College, 

81.  1914  University  of  Georgia. 

82.  1914  Carleton  College. 

83.  1914  Washington  State  University. 

84.  1914  Radcliffe  College. 

85.  1914  Washington  University. 

86.  1914  University  of  North  Dakota. 

The  officers  of  the  fraternity  since  its  reorganiza- 
tion have  been : 

President. 

Pres.  Charles  W.  Eliot,  LL.  D 1883-1886 

Hon.  Matthew  Hale,  LL.  D 1886-1889 

Col.  Thomas  W.  Higginson,  LL.  D 1889-1895 

Bishop  Henry  C.  Potter,  LL.  D 1895-1898 

Hon.  John  A.  DeRemer,  LL.  D 1898-1907 

Prof.  Edwin  A.  Grosvenor,  LL.  D 1907- 

Vice-President. 

Hon.  Matthew  Hale,  LL.D 1883-1886 

Col.  Thomas  W.  Higginson,  LL.  D. 1886-1889 

Prof.  Francis  P.  Nash,  LL.  D 1889-1892 

Prof.  Adolph  Werner,  Ph.  D 1892-1895 

Hon.  John  A.  DeRemer,  LL.  D 1895-1898 

Prof.  James  C.  VanBenschoten,  LL.  D 1898-1902 

Rev.  Eben  B.  Parsons,  LL.  D 1904-1907 

Hon.  John  J.  McCook 1907-1911 

Prof.  Edward  Asahel  Birge,  LL.  D 1913- 


BETA  OF  ILLINOIS  35 

Secretary  and  Treasurer, 

Prof.  Adolph  Werner,  Ph.  D 1883-1889 

Rev.  Eben  B.  Parsons,  D.  D 1889-1901 

Rev.  Oscar  M.  Voorhees,  D.  D 1901-1913 

Secretary. 

Rev.  Oscar  M.  Voorhees,  D.  D 1913- 

350  E.  146th  St.,  New  York,  N.  Y. 

Treasurer. 

Mr.  David  Layton,  M.  S 1913- 

The  Senate  of  the  fraternity  is  composed  of  the 
following : 

Senators,  1910-1916. 

Dean  Edward  A.  Birge,  LL.  D.,  Madison,  Wis. . .  1904 
Prof.  Samuel  Hart,  D.  C.  L.,  Middletown,  Ct.  . .  .1892 
Pres.  A.  Lawrence  Lowell,  LL.  D.,  Cambridge, 

Mass 1910 

Editor  Hamilton  W.  Mabie,  LL.  D., 

New  York,  N.  Y 1898 

Prof.  Clark  S.  Northup,  Ph.  D.,  Ithaca,  N.  Y. . .  .1910 
Pres.  Ellen  F.  Pendleton,  LL.  D.,  Wellesley, 

Mass 1910 

Editor  Albert  Shaw,  LL.  D.,  New  York,  N.  Y. . .  1913 
Prof.  Edward  B.  Reed,  Ph.  D.,  New  Haven,  Ct.  .1907 
Pres.  James  M.  Taylor,  LL.  D., 

Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y 1907 

Director  Talcott  Williams,  LL.  D., 

New  York,  N.  Y 1904 

Senators,  1913-1919. 

Pres.  Francis  Brown,  LL.  D.,  New  York,  N.  Y.  .1913 

Pres.  John  H.  Finley,  LL.  D.,  Albany,  N.  Y 1913 

Prof.  Edwin  A.  Grosvenor,  LL.  D., 

Amherst,  Mass 1901 

Pres.  John  G.  Hibben,  LL.  D.,  Princeton,  N.  J. .  .1913 
Prof.  Bliss  Perry,  LL.  D.,  Cambridge,  Mass 1910 


34  PHI  BETA  KAPPA 

Prof.  Francis  W.  Shepardson,  LL.  D., 

Chicago,  111 1913 

Pres.  Charles  F.  Thwing,  LL.  D.,  Cleveland,  O. . .  1895 
Pres.  George  E.  Vincent,  LL.  D., 

Minneapolis,  Minn 1913 

Rev.  Oscar  M.  Voorhees,  D.  D.,  New  York,  N.  Y.  1901 
Pres.  Mary  E.  Woolley,  LL.  D., 

South  Hadley,  Mass 1907 

The  badge  of  the  fraternity  consists  of  a  gold  watch 
key  engraved  on  one  side  with  the  Greek  initials  of 
the  name,  and  a  hand  pointing  to  a  cluster  of  three 
stars.  On  the  other  side  are  the  Latin  initials  "S.  P." 
the  date  of  founding  of  the  original  chapter,  and  the 
name,  college,  and  class  of  the  owner.  The  Greek 
letters  stand  for  the  motto  of  the  society,  Philosophia 
Biou  Kubernetes,  usually  translated  "Philosophy  the 
guide  of  Life."  The  meaning  of  "S.  P."  was  long 
variously  interpreted  as  Societas  Philosophiae,  Socie- 
tas  Philosophica,  Societatis  Particeps,  Societatum 
Princeps,  Societas  Philosophorum,  Signum  Principium, 
Salus  Patriae,  Scientia  et  Prudentia,  Scientia  et  Phil- 
osophia. The  original  records  indicate  that  these  let- 
ters represented  an  alternative  name  of  the  Society. 
Investigations  by  a  Senator  of  the  United  Chapters, 
Dean  E.  A.  Birge  of  the  University  of  Wisconsin,  have 

University  of  Wisconsin, 
Madison,  Wis. 

March  23,  1908. 
Mr.  Francis  W.  Shepardson, 
5592  Kimbark  Ave., 
Chicago. 
Dear  Mr.  Shepardson: 

The  words  "S.P."  on  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa  badge  mean 
either  "Societas  Philosophica  or  Societas  Philosophiae.  So 
far  as  the  original  manuscript  goes,  there  is  nothing  which 
will  enable  one  to  decide  between  the  two  forms.  I  was 
disposed  to  accept  the  first  but  I  am  informed  that  the  tradi- 
tions of  the  William  and  Mary  Chapter  are  in  favor  of  the 
second,  and,  in  the  absence  of  definite  evidence,  I  think  that 
this  tradition  should  control. 

Very  truly  yours, 

E.  A.  Birge. 


BETA  OF  ILLINOIS  35 

proved  that  one  of  the  first  two  interpretations  given 
above  is  the  correct  wording,  preference  being  given  to 
the  first  because  of  the  traditions  of  the  mother  chap- 
ter at  William  and  Mary  College. 

The  National  Council  of  the  fraternity  has  held 
eleven  meetings  since  the  establishment  of  the  United 
Chapters,  that  of  1907  at  Williamsburg,  Virginia,  those 
of  1910  and  1913  in  New  York  city,  and  all  the  rest 
at  Saratoga  Springs,  N.  Y.,  as  follows: 

1— September  5,  1883;  2— September  1,  1886;  3— 
September  4,  1889;  4— September  7,  1892;  5— Sep- 
tember 11,  1895 ;  6— September  7,  1898;  7— September 
12,  1901;  8— September  7,  1904;  9— September  12, 
1907;  10— September  14,  1910;  11— September  9, 
1913. 

Since  1883,  then.  Phi  Beta  Kappa  has  been  active 
and  energetic.  It  now  has  eighty-six  chapters  well 
scattered  throughout  the  United  States.  It  has  an 
effective  organization.  It  publishes  an  attractive  maga- 
zine. The  Phi  Beta  Kappa  Key,  now  in  its  second 
volume.  Twelve  numbers  are  issued  during  the  trien- 
nium  between  the  meetings  of  its  National  Council. 
Its  officers  are  aggressive  and  earnest,  and  after  all 
these  years,  it  bids  fair  to  realize  the  ambitions  of  the 
far-sighted  men  at  old  William  and  Mary  who  pro- 
claimed one  hundred  and  thirty-five  years  ago  their 
desire  to  make  it  a  national  fraternity.  The  influence 
of  the  new  organization  has  been  felt  all  over  the 
country  in  the  revival  of  long  dormant  branches,  in 
the  quickening  of  the  living  chapters,  and  in  the  eager- 
ness with  which  institutions  not  now  represented  seek 
a  place  on  its  roster. 

Chicago,  April  27,  1907. 
Mr.  E.  A.  Grosvenor, 

Amherst,  Mass. 
My  dear  Prof.  Grosvenor; 

Miss  Laura  Lockwood  of  Wellesley  Colleges  gives  me  your 
name  as  authority  for  calling  the  hymn  beginning  "O  God  be- 
neath Thy  guiding  hand"  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa  hymn.  I 
opened  a  correspondence  with  her  because  of  the  reference 
in  Mr.  Voorhees'  circular  about  the  society  using  the  Phi 


36  PHI  BETA  KAPPA 

Beta  Kappa  hymn.  Her  reply,  that  this  hytnn  dedicated  to 
the  New  England  Colonists  and  as  it  seems  to  me  absolutely 
irrelevant  to  Phi  Beta  Kappa  is  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa  hymn, 
surprised  me.  As  I  am  about  to  print  a  little  catalogue  of 
Phi  Beta  Kappa  at  the  University  of  Chicago  I  desire  to  use 
the  hymn  if  its  Phi  Beta  Kappa  connection  is  established. 
I  shall  be  glad  to  have  a  letter  from  you  regarding  it. 

Will  you  please  let  me  know  the  circumstances  under  which 
this  became  the  society's  hymn? 

Yours  truly, 

Francis  W.  Shepardson. 


Amherst  College, 
Amherst,  Mass. 

May  2,  1907. 
Mr.  Francis  W.  Shepardson, 

Chicago,  111. 
My  dear  Mr.  Shepardson: 

I  beg  to  acknowledge  receipt  of  your  valued  letter  of  April 
27,  regarding  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa  hymn. 

The  hymn,  I  think,  was  first  sung  on  Forefathers*  Day  in 
1838,  not  however  in  any  connection  with  a  college  or  fra- 
ternity but  specifically  in  commemoration  of  the  Plymouth 
colonists.  It  soon  seems  to  have  found  favor  at  public  func- 
tions of  Phi  Beta  Kappa  chapters  and  in  more  recent  years 
has  been  very  frequently  sung  at  installation  of  new  chapters. 
I  imagine  it  has  been  sung  more  often  on  such  occasions  than 
all  other  hymns.  It  was  not  written  for  Phi  Beta  Kappa,  is 
not  peculiarly  adapted  to  Phi  Beta  Kappa  and  holds  its  place 
in  Phi  Beta  Kappa  regard  only  on  the  ground  that  any  other 
hymn  with  which  I  am  acquainted  is  even  less  adapted  to 
Phi  Beta  Kappa  purposes.  Never  officially  adopted  by  the 
society,  the  most  that  can  be  said  of  it  in  my  opinion  is,  as 
I  think  I  said  at  Wellesley,  "This  hymn  has  been  sung  so 
often  at  Phi  Beta  Kappa  celebrations  that  it  may  be  called 
the  Phi  Beta  Kappa  hymn."  But  I  wish  someone  of  the  fra- 
ternity's many  poets  would  give  us  a  hymn  ab  origine  our 
own. 

Yours  sincerely, 

Edwin  A.  Grosvenor. 


A  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  PHI  BETA  KAPPA. 

Books  and  Articles  Relating  to  the  Fraternity 

IN  General. 

By  Professor  Clark  S.  Northup,  Cornell,  '93. 

(Reprinted  by  permission   from  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa  Key, 

i,   12,  ii,  2,  with  additions  by  the  author.) 

Charles  Francis  Adams.  Three  Phi  Beta  Kappa 
addresses:  A  college  fetich,  1883;  "Shall  Cromwell 
have  a  statue?"  1902.  Some  modem  college  tenden- 
cies, 1906.  Boston.  Houghton,  Mifflin  Co.  1907.  8vo, 
pp.  vi,  200. 

See  also  Harvard  Orations  and  Addresses,  1883;  Chi- 
cago Orations  and  Addresses,  1902;  Columbia  Orations 
and  Addresses,  1906. 

[Avery  Allyn.]  Ritual  of  Freemasonry,  to  which 
is  added  a  key  to  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa,  the  Orange 
and  Odd  Fellows  societies,  with  notes.  Boston. 
[1831.]    12mo. 

Another  edition  was  published  in  New  York  in  1856, 
12mo,  pp.  269,  and  a  few  years  ago  the  first  edition  was 
reprinted.  London.  W.  Reeves.  Sm.  8vo,  pp.  iv,  254,  with 
30  plates;  in  this  Phi  Beta  Kappa  occupies  pp.  274-54  and 
one  plate.  The  part  relating  to  Phi  Beta  Kappa  is  quoted 
by  J.  D.  Warner  in  his  article  in  The  D.  K.  E.  Quarterly, 
October,  1886,  v.  15-30. 

The  Alpha  Phi  Quarterly.  Our  Phi  Beta  Kappas. 
Sept.,  1914,  xxvi.  437-42. 

William  Raimond  Baird.  Manual  of  American 
college  fraternities.  New  York.  1879.  In  the  6th  ed., 
1905,  pp.  35-43.  In  the  7th  ed.,  1912,  pp.  548-57. 

Timothy  Bigelow.  An  oration,  pronounced  at  Cam- 
bridge, before  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa,  at  their  annual 
meeting  on  Thursday,  July  21,  1796.  Boston.  Man- 
ning and  Loring.   1797.  8vo,  pp.  15. 

Edward  A.  Birge.  The  Latin  words  corresponding 
to  the  initials  S.  P.  on  the  medal  of  Phi  Beta  Kappa. 
In  Phi  Beta  Kappa  Publications,  N.  S.  8,  pp.  5-14. 
1909. 

Deals  with  the  origin  and  character  of  the  Society. 
—The  meaning  of  "S.  P."    The  Nation,  Oct.  24, 
1907,  Ixxxv.  374.    Same  in  The  Evening  Post,  Dec. 
28,  1907. 


38  PHI  BETA  KAPPA 

R.  A.  Brock.  Elisha  Parmele.  In  The  William  and 
Mary  College  Quarterly,  April,  1903,  xi.  242-3. 

Henry  Leland  Chapman.  Historical  sketch.  In 
Catalogue  of  the  Fraternity  of  Phi  Beta  Kappa,  Alpha 
of  Maine,  pp.  3-7.   1888. 

Arthur  Copeland.  Men  and  days  in  Phi  Beta 
Kappa.  Written  and  published  for  the  New  York 
Kappa  Chapter  of  Phi  Beta  Kappa  of  Syracuse  Uni- 
versity. [Newark,  N.  Y.  Cop.  1907.]  8vo,  pp.  143. 
Frontisp.  and  portrs. 

Lincoln  Cromwell.  Address  of  welcome  [at  the 
Tenth  Triennial  Council.]  In  The  Key,  March,  1911, 
i.  4.  7-8. 

Edwin  Grant  Dexter.  High-grade  men;  in  col- 
lege and  out.  In  The  Popular  Science  Monthly, 
March,  1903,  Ixii,  429-35. 

Comment  by  A.   L.   Lowell   in   The  Atlantic  Monthly, 

October  1903,  xcii,  512-20. 

Edward  Fitch.  Phi  Beta  Kappa.  In  The  Classical 
Weekly,  March  6,  1909,  ii.  143. 

Elgin  Ralston  Lovell  Gould.  Address  of  wel- 
come at  the  Eleventh  National  Council,  Sept.  9,  1913. 
In  The  Key,  May,  1914,  ii.  4.  183-84. 

William  Elliot  Griffis.  The  Phi  Beta  Kappa 
key  in  Japan.   In  The  Key,  May,  1914,  ii.  4.  165-69. 

Edwin  Augustus  Grosvenor.  Address  [at  the 
Tenth  National  Council].  In  The  Key,  March,  1911, 
i.  4.  9-10. 

— Philosophy  the  guide  of  life.  Delivered  before  the 
Ninth  Triennial  Council,  September  11-12,  1907.  In 
Phi  Beta  Kappa  Publications,  N.  S.  6,  pp.  29-36.   1907. 

— President  Grosvenor*s  message.  In  The  Key, 
October,  1913,  ii.  1.  5-13. 

Edward  Everett  Hale.  A  fossil  from  the  Tertiary. 
In  The  Atlantic  Monthly,  July,  1879,  xliv.  98-106. 

John  Lesslie  Hall.  Mother  land.  A  poem  read 
at  the  Ninth  Triennial  Council,  September  11-12,  1907. 
In  Phi  Beta  Kappa  Publications,  N.  S.  6,  pp.  26-28. 
1907. 


BETA  OF  ILLINOIS  39 

George  Birkbeck  Hill.  In  Harvard  College  by  an 
Oxonian.  New  York.  Macmillan.  1875.  Chapter  6, 
pp.  107-119. 

Albert  Poole  Jacobs.  The  Greek  letter  societies. 
Detroit,  Mich.  A.  P.  Jacobs.   1879.   16mo. 

George  Dwight  Kellogg.  Historical  sketch  of  Phi 
Beta  Kappa.  In  Catalogue  of  members  (1853-1898), 
Yale  Chapter  of  Phi  Beta  Kappa,  pp.  5-12.   1898. 

The  Key  [poem].  In  The  Key,  Jan.,  1912,  i.  6.  15. 
Translation  by  Ernest  H.  Riedel  in  same,  March,  1912,  i, 

7,40. 

William  Coolidge  Lane,  editor.  Catalogue  of 
the  Harvard  Chapter  of  Phi  Beta  Kappa,  Alpha  of 
Massachusetts.  Printed  for  the  Society  by  the  River- 
side Press,  Cambridge.  1912.  8vo,  pp.  v,  [3],  211.  12 
plates. 

The  records  include  much  that  concerns  the  general  his- 
tory of  Phi  Beta  Kappa  in  New  England. 

John  Adams  Lowe.  Eben  Burt  Parsons,  Secretary 
and  Treasurer,  1889-1901.  In  The  Key,  Jan.,  1911,  i. 
2.  23-25. 

W.  B.  Mitchell.  Henry  Leland  Chapman.  In  The 
Key,  May,  1913,  i.  12.  12-15.   Portrait. 

The  Nation.  May  7,  1908,  Ixxxvi.  425. 
On  early  forms  of  the  key. 

The  New  York  Literary  Gazette  and  Phi  Beta 
Kappa  Repository  was  published  under  the  above  title 
from  September  10,  1825,  till  March  4,  1826.  It  then 
dropped  the  second  part  of  the  title,  on  the  ground 
that  the  help  promised  by  members  of  the  Fraternity 
had  not  been  given.  Described  by  Oscar  M.  Voorhees 
in  The  Key,  Oct.,  1911,  i.  5.  36-8. 

Clark  Sutherland  Northup.  The  aims  of  Phi 
Beta  Kappa.  In  The  Cornell  Era,  October,  1906, 
xxxix.  29-31. 

— Representative  Phi  Beta  Kappa  orations.  In 
The  Key,  March,  October,  1914,  ii.  3.  149-50,  5.  251-2. 

Clark  Sutherland  Northup,  William  Coolidge 
Lane,  and  John  Christopher  Schwab,  eds.  Repre- 
sentative Phi  Beta  Kappa  orations.  Boston.  Hough- 
ton Mifflin  Company.   8vo.    In  press. 


40  PHI  BETA  KAPPA 

Eben  Burt  Parsons.  Letter  on  applications  for 
charters.   Williamstown.    1892.   8vo,  pp.  [2]. 

— Phi  Beta  Kappa:  officers,  constitution,  minutes, 
etc.,  of  the  United  Chapters.  Officers,  customs,  statis- 
tics, etc.,  of  the  forty  chapters.  Williamstown.  1897. 
8vo,  pp.  28. 

— Phi  Beta  Kappa :  handbook  and  general  catalogue 
of  the  United  Chapters.  North  Adams,  Mass.  Walden 
&  Crawley.   1900.   8vo,  pp.  256. 

As  secretary  Mr.  Parsons  edited  the  publications  of  the 

United  Chapters  issued  during  his  incumbency. 

Ervin  Louis  Phillips.  A  history  of  the  Phi  Beta 
Kappa  Fraternity.  A  thesis  submitted  for  the  degree 
of  A,  B.  at  Cornell  University,  1891.  Unpublished. 
A  typewritten  copy  is  deposited  in  the  Cornell  Uni- 
versity Library. 

John  T.  Pickard.  General  history.  In  Catalogue 
of  the  Alpha  of  Missouri,  1901-1909,  pp.  5-24.  Colum- 
bia, Mo.,  1909. 

Francis  Wayland  Shepardson.  Historical  sketch. 
In  Catalogue  of  the  Chicago  Chapter,  pp.  5-20.  Chi- 
cago, 1909. 

— A  fraternity  of  scholars.  In  Catalogue  of  the  Chi- 
cago Chapter,  pp.  5-40.   Chicago,  1915. 

Albert  C.  Stevens.  The  cyclopaedia  of  fra- 
ternities. Paterson,  N.  J.  Hamilton  Printing  and  Pub- 
lishing Co.   1899.  8vo.   See  pp.  328-47,  356-58. 

The  University  of  Texas  Record.  The  Ninth  Tri- 
ennial Council  of  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa.  January,  1908, 
viii.  46-9. 

Edward  Lee  Thorndike.  The  careers  of  scholarly 
men  in  America.  In  The  Century,  May,  1903,  Ixvi. 
153-5. 

Comment  in  The  Evening  Post,  May  5,  1903. 

Herbert  Cushing  Tolman.  A  brief  history  of 
the  Phi  Beta  Kappa  Society.  In  The  Yale  Monthly 
Magazine,  March,  1906,  i.  88-96. 

Preface.  In  Catalogue  of  the  Vanderhilt  Chapter 
of  Phi  Beta  Kappa,  pp.  3-8.  Nashville,  Tenn.  1906. 
Also  in  the  edition  of  1914,  pp.  3-8. 

Parts  of  this  also  appeared  in  The  Vanderhilt  Observer. 


BETA  OF  ILLINOIS  41 

The  United  Chapters  of  Phi  Beta  Kappa. t^) 
Constitution.    [1882].  32mo,  pp.  4. 

— Constitution  and  minutes  of  the  Third  Triennial 
Council.   1889.  8vo,  pp.  [16]. 

The  minutes  were  also  pubHshed  separately,  pp.  [8]. 

— Various  customs,  usages  and  forms  of  the  Phi 
Beta  Kappa  Society.    [1890?].   8vo,  pp.  [8]. 

— Phi  Beta  Kappa:  Officers,  constitution,  etc. 
Compiled  by  Rev.  E.  B.  Parsons.  Williamstown. 
1897.  8vo,  pp.  28. 

— The  National  Council,  Saratoga  Springs,  N.  Y., 
September  7,  1898.   8vo,  pp.  [4]. 

— Phi  Beta  Kappa:  Minutes  of  the  Seventh  Tri- 
ennial Council.    1901.   8vo. 

— Phi  Beta  Kappa:  National  Council,  Saratoga 
Springs,  September  12,  1901.   8vo,  pp  [7]. 

— Phi  Beta  Kappa:  bulletin  of  information.  1902. 
8vo,  pp.  [4]. 

— Phi  Beta  Kappa:  bulletin  of  information.  June, 
1903.  8vo,  pp.  [7]. 

— Phi  Beta  Kappa:  information  respecting  institu- 
tions that  have  applied  for  charters.  June  1,  1904. 
8vo,  pp.  [12]. 

— Phi  Beta  Kappa:  roll  of  chapters.  1904.  8vo, 
pp.  [4]. 

— Phi  Beta  Kappa :  publications.   New  Series.   8vo. 

1.  Proceedings  of  the  Eighth  Triennial  Council  held 
at  Saratoga  Springs,  N.  Y.,  September  7,  1904.  Pp, 
[8]. 

2.  Organization  of  new  chapters.  June,  1905.  Pp. 
[8]. 

3.  Chapter  activities.   May  15,  1906.   Pp.  [23]. 

4.  The  meeting  of  the  Senate,  etc.  May,  1907.  Pp. 
14. 

5.  The  Ninth  Triennial  Council,  etc.   1907.   Pp.  15. 

6.  Public  exercises  and  proceedings  of  the  Ninth 
Triennial  Council,  Williamsburg,  Va.,  September  11 
and  12,  1907.  1907.  Pp.  47. 

7.  The  Phi  Beta  Kappa  past  and  present.  By  Rev. 
Oscar  M.  Voorhees.   1908.  Pp.  8. 

(1)  Under  this  entry,  the  order  of  items  is  chronological. 


42  PHI  BETA  KAPPA 

8.  The  Latin  motto  of  the  Society,  organization  of 
new  chapters,  etc.   1909.   Pp.  23. 

9.  The  meeting  of  the  Senate,  etc.   1910.   Pp.  15. 

10.  Brief  paragraphs  in  Phi  Beta  Kappa  history  to- 
gether with  a  list  of  Senators,  chapters  and  chapter 
officers.   Illustrated.    1910.   Pp.  [24]. 

A  second  edition,  with  some  changes,  was  also  printed. 

11.  The  Tenth  National  Council,  New  York  City, 
Seotember  13  and  14,  1910.  Officers,  Senators  and 
roll  of  delegates.    1910.   Pp.  8. 

— The  Phi  Beta  Kappa  Key.  Somerville,  N.  J.  No- 
vember, 1910,  to  date.    Published  quarterly. 

— Preliminary  report  of  the  Committee  on  Fra- 
ternity Policy  to  the  Eleventh  National  Council  of  the 
United  Chapters  of  Phi  Beta  Kappa  .  .  .  N.  p.,  n.  d. 
[1913],  Svo,  pp.  8. 

Reprinted  in  The  Key,  October,  1913,  ii,  I,  33-38. 

Oscar  McMurtrie  Voorhees.  Brief  paragraphs  in 
Phi  Beta  Kappa  history.  In  Phi  Beta  Kappa  Publi- 
cations, N.  S.  10.   1910. 

Also  in  the  Sigma  Kappa  Triangle,  December,  1913. 

— Chancellor  James  Kent.  In  The  Key,  March, 
1911,  i.  3.    1-5. 

— The  early  development  of  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa  in 
New  England.   In  The  Key,  May,  1911,  i.  4.  10-43. 

— Early  Phi  Beta  Kappa  charters.  In  The  Key, 
March,  1914,  ii.  3.  104-10. 

— The  Eleventh  National  Council.  In  The  Key, 
October,  1913,  ii.   1.   14-40. 

— Historical  sketch.  In  Catalogue  of  the  Alpha 
Chapter  of  New  Jersey  of  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa  Society, 
pp.  2-14.   1891. 

— In  memoriam.  In  The  Key,  March,  1914,  and 
subsequent  numbers. 

— John  James  McCook.  In  The  Key,  Oct.,  1911,  i. 
5.   34-6. 

In  part  reprinted  from  same  i.  1.   9. 

— Members  in  foreign  lands.  In  The  Key,  May, 
1913,  i.   12.  7-9. 

— Our  Phi  Beta  Kappa  fathers  and  their  fraternity 
[abstract].    Sm.    Svo,  pp.   [3]. 

— Our  Phi  Beta  Kappa  fathers  in  fraternity  and 


BETA  OF  ILLINOIS  43 

public  life.  Delivered  at  the  Ninth  Triennial  Council, 
Sept.  11-12,  1907.  In  Phi  Beta  Kappa  Publications, 
N.  S.  6,  pp.  11-26.   1907. 

— The  Phi  Beta  Kappa  badge.  In  The  Key,  Jan- 
uary, 1911,  i.   2.    16-23. 

— ^A  Phi  Beta  Kappa  census.  In  The  Key,  May, 
1914,  ii.  4.    184-90. 

— Phi  Beta  Kappa  men  at  Oxford.  In  The  Key, 
May,  1911,  i.  4.  44-6. 

— The  Phi  Beta  Kappa  past  and  present.  Its 
primacy  among  American  college  fraternities.  In  The 
Delta  Upsilon  Quarterly,  May,  1908. 

Also  in  Phi  Beta  Kappa  Publications,  N.  S.  7.  Pp.  8. 
1908. 

— The  Phi  Beta  Kappa  Repository.  In  The  Key, 
October,  1911,  i.  5.36-8. 

— Presidential  candidates.  In  The  Key,  January, 
1913,  i.  10.  38-9. 

— Proceedings  of  the  Eleventh  National  Council. 
In  The  Key,  October,  1913,  ii.  1.  14-40. 

— Respecting  a  Phi  Beta  Kappa  census.  In  The 
Key,  May,  1912,  i.  8.  26-8. 

— Respecting  applications  for  charters.  In  The  Key, 
Jan.,  1913,  i.  10.  39-42. 

— Respecting  institutions  applying  for  charters.  In 
The  Key,  May,  1913,  i.  12.  17-29. 

— Talcott  Williams,  LL.D.  In  The  Key,  Oct.,  1912, 
i.  9.  22-3.  Portrait. 

— Stewart  Lyndon  Woodford.  In  The  Key,  May, 
1911,  i.  4.46-8.   Portrait. 

— Thomas  Wentworth  Higginson,  Harvard,  '41. 
In  The  Key,  May,  1911,  i.  4.  43-4.  Portrait  (frontis- 
piece). 

As  secretary  Mr.  Voorhees  has  edited  all  the  publica- 
tions of  the  United  Chapters  since  he  assumed  the  duties 
of  the  office. 

John  DeWitt  Warner.  The  first  Greek-letter  fra- 
ternity. In  The  Delta  Kappa  Epislon  Quarterly, 
October,  1886,  v.  15-30. 


44  PHI  BETA  KAPPA 

A  facsimile  of  part  of  the  minutes  of  the  William  and 
Mary  Chapter  forms  the  frontispiece  of  the  number. 

Adolph  Werner.  Phi  Beta  Kappa  [report  of  the 
First  Triennial  Council,  September  5,  1883].  In  The 
College  Mercury  [College  of  the  City  of  New  York], 
October  10,  1883,  v.  6-9. 

As  secretary,  Mr.  Werner  edited  the  publications  of  the 
United  Chapters  during  his  incumbency. 

Justin  Winsor.  Records  of  the  convention  of 
October  18,  1881.  In  Harvard  College  Library  Bulle- 
tin, Cambridge,  Jan.  1,  1882,  iii.  21.  300-1. 

Stewart  Lyndon  Woodford.  Revival  of  Phi  Beta 
Kappa.  In  The  Delta  Kappa  Epsilon  Quarterly, 
January,  1884,  ii.  95-102. 


CONSTITUTION. 

ARTICLE  L 

COMPOSITION  OF  THE  NATIONAL  COUNCIL. 

The  National  Council  of  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa  So- 
ciety shall  consist  of  the  Senators  hereinafter  spoken 
of,  and  of  delegates  from  the  several  Chapters  of  the 
Society.  Each  Chapter  shall  be  entitled  to  send  three 
delegates,  who  shall  be  graduates  of  at  least  five  years' 
standing  and  members  of  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa  Society, 
but  not  necessarily  of  the  Chapter  by  which  they  are 
chosen. 

ARTICLE  II. 

THE   SENATE. 

The  Senate  shall  originally  consist  of  twenty  Sena- 
tors, chosen  by  the  delegates  at  the  first  session  of  the 
National  Council,  from  the  Society  at  large.  These 
shall  be  divided  into  two  classes,  whose  terms  of  office 
shall  expire  at  the  adjournment  of  alternate  regular 
sessions  of  the  National  Council.  At  every  subse- 
quent regular  session  the  places  of  the  outgoing  class 
shall  be  filled  by  election  as  follows :  On  the  day  pre- 
ceding the  first  day  of  each  regular  session  of  the 
National  Council,  the  Senate  shall  meet,  and  shall  nom- 
inate fifteen  candidates  in  addition  to  the  members  of 
the  outgoing  class  for  the  ten  vacant  seats,  and  also 
two  candidates  for  the  unexpired  terms  of  each  Sena- 
tor who  may  have  died  or  resigned  since  the  last  regu- 
lar session.  Other  persons  not  nominated  by  the 
Senate  may  be  presented  as  candidates  at  the  time  of 
the  election.  Of  every  ten  members  whose  term  of 
office  shall  expire,  one  may  be  elected  by  the  Council 
Senator  for  life.  In  every  election  of  Senators  a  ma- 
jority of  the  votes  cast  shall  be  required  to  elect,  and 
in  such  elections  the  outgoing  Senators  shall  have  no 
vote.  The  Senate  may  fill  vacancies  in  its  own  body 
till  the  next  meeting  of  the  National  Council. 
ARTICLE  III. 

OFFICERS   OF   THE   NATIONAL    COUNCIL. 

The  officers  of  the  National  Council  shall  be  a  Presi- 
dent, a  Vice-President,  a  Secretary,  and  a  Treasurer, 


46  PHI  BETA  KAPPA 

and  such  others  as  may  be  found  necessary  from  time 
to  time.  The  President  shall  be  chosen  from  among 
the  Senators. 

ARTICLE  IV. 

SESSIONS  AND  FUNCTIONS  OF  THE  COUNCIL. 

The  National  Council  shall  meet  every  third  year 
at  such  place  and  time  as  shall  have  been  determined 
by  the  officers  of  the  United  Chapters,  and  shall  pro- 
ceed at  once  to  the  election  first  of  its  officers  and  next 
of  the  Senators.  The  National  Council  shall  make 
such  rules  as  may  be  found  necessary  for  the  carry- 
ing out  of  any  provision  of  this  Constitution. 

ARTICLE  V. 

THE   SENATE   AND   ITS   FUNCTIONS. 

During  the  sessions  of  the  National  Council  the 
Senate  shall  have  no  separate  existence,  but  its  mem- 
bers shall  take  their  places  with  the  delegates  as 
members  of  the  National  Council,  voting  with  the 
delegates,  as  well  upon  all  other  matters  as  upon  the 
election  of  Officers  and  Senators,  except  as  provided 
in  Article  II.  When  the  National  Council  is  not  in 
session  the  Senate  shall  constitute  an  independent 
body,  charged  with  the  duty  of  representing  the  Phi 
Beta  Kappa  Society  and  speaking  in  its  name,  and 
exercising,  in  addition,  the  functions  of  a  permanent 
Executive  Committee  of  the  National  Council.  It 
shall  hold  its  meetings  at  such  times  and  places  as  it 
shall  determine,  being  first  called  together  by  that 
Senator,  who,  at  the  original  election  of  the  Senate, 
shall  have  been  elected  by  the  largest  number  of  votes. 
It  shall  recommend  candidates  for  election  as  Senators. 
It  shall  also  have  power  to  call  an  extra  session  of  the 
National  Council.  It  shall  furthermore  prepare  and 
recommend  to  the  consideration  of  the  National  Coun- 
cil such  matters  as  it  may  deem  proper.  It  shall  trans- 
mit its  lists  of  candidates  and  of  matters  recommended 
for  discussion,  by  the  hand  of  the  Secretary,  to  the 
presiding  Officer  of  the  National  Council,  immediately 
upon  its  organization  being  completed.  It  shall  also 
transmit,  in  the  same  manner,  to  the  National  Council 


BETA  OF  ILLINOIS  47 

a  report  of  its  doings  between  the  sessions  of  the 
Council.  Nothing  herein  shall  be  so  construed  as  to 
derogate  from  the  right  of  the  National  Council  to 
appoint  Committees  to  sit  between  sessions,  independ- 
ently of  the  Senate,  and  to  report  at  the  next  session. 
ARTICLE  VI. 

NEW   CHARTERS. 

Applications  for  charters  shall,  in  all  cases,  be  made 
to  the  Senate,  at  least  six  months  before  the  regular 
session  of  the  National  Council;  the  Senate  shall  at 
once  notify  all  the  Chapters  of  such  applications,  and 
such  applications  shall  be  reported  to  the  National 
Council  with  the  recommendation  of  the  Senate  at 
the  next  meeting  of  the  Council,  and  shall  be  passed 
upon  by  the  Council,  which  shall  have  exclusive  power 
to  grant  charters.  But  no  charters  shall  be  issued 
without  the  consent  of  delegations  representing  a  ma- 
jority of  the  chapters. 

ARTICLE  VII. 

BY-LAWS  AND  RULES  OF  ORDER. 

The  National  Council  at  any  of  its  sessions,  and  the 
Senate  at  any  time,  may  respectively  make  such  By- 
Laws  and  Rules  of  Order  as  may  be  thought  expedient 
for  their  use,  provided  the  same  be  not  inconsistent 
with  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  Constitution.  A 
quorum  of  the  National  Council  shall  consist  of  dele- 
gates from  a  majority  of  the  chapters  and  not  fewer 
than  three  Senators;  the  Senate  shall  determine  the 
number  which  shall  constitute  its  quorum.  (The 
present  number  is  five.) 

ARTICLE  VIII. 

RIGHTS  OF  CHAPTERS. 

Nothing  contained  in  this  constitution  shall  be  con- 
strued as  empowering  the  Senate  or  the  National 
Council  to  restrict  or  abridge  the  rights  or  privileges 
now  exercised  by  chapters,  except  as  expressly  pro- 
vided herein. 

ARTICLE  IX. 

AMENDMENTS  TO  THIS  CONSTITUTION. 

No  change  shall  be  made  in  this  Constitution  unless 
the  same  shall  have  been  proposed  at  the  session  of 


48  PHI  BETA  KAPPA 

the  National  Council  next  preceding  the  session  at 
which  the  proposed  change  is  voted  for;  and  no  vote 
shall  be  had  upon  any  such  proposed  change  except 
at  a  stated  hour  previously  ordered  by  the  meeting — 
and  no  amendment  shall  be  made  without  the  concur- 
rence of  the  delegations  of  two- thirds  of  the  Chapters 
represented  in  the  Council. 

ARTICLE  X. 

ADOPTION    OF   THE    CONSTITUTION. 

This  Constitution  shall  take  effect  when  ratified  by 
fourteen  Chapters.  (Sixteen  Chapters  ratified  it  be- 
fore July,  1883.) 

BY-LAWS. 
I. 

ELECTIONS  AND  OFFICERS. 

All  elections  shall  be  by  ballot.  The  President  shall 
preside  over  the  meetings  of  the  Council.  In  his 
absence  the  Vice-President  shall  perform  his  duties. 
When  both  are  absent  a  president  pro  tempore  shall  be 
chosen  viva  voce.  The  Secretary  shall  keep  the  rec- 
ords of  the  Council,  conduct  its  correspondence,  and 
send  to  the  Senate  and  to  each  chapter  a  certified 
report  of  the  proceedings  of  each  session.  The  Treas- 
urer shall  collect  and  disburse  all  funds  of  the  Council, 
and  report  at  each  session  thereof. 

11. 

ORDER  OF  BUSINESS. 

1.  Calling  the  Roll. 

2.  Reading  the  minutes. 

3.  Reports  of  the  officers. 

4.  Communication   from  the   Senate  on  nomina- 

tions. 

5.  Election  of  officers. 

6.  Election  of  senators. 

7.  Communication  from  the  Senate  on  new  chap- 

ters and  other  matters. 

8.  Miscellaneous  business. 

III. 

VOTING. 

In  all  other  cases  not  otherwise  provided  for  by  the 


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Constitution  each  Senator  and  delegate  present  shall 
be  entitled  to  cast  one  vote. 

IV. 

REGISTRATION  AND  ASSESSMENT. 

Each  chapter  shall  report  promptly  to  the  secretary 
the  names  of  all  persons  elected  to  membership.  Such 
report  shall  contain  the  information  called  for  by  the 
secretary  and  shall  be  made  on  forms  furnished  by 
him. 

Each  chapter  shall  pay  the  sum  of  $1  to  the  treas- 
urer for  each  person  elected  to  membership  of  any 
type  except  associate  members.  No  chapter  shall  pay 
an  amount  less  than  $10  for  any  triennium. 

Each  new  member  so  reported  with  the  accompany- 
ing fee  of  $1  shall  be  entitled  to  receive  the  Phi  Beta 
Kappa  Key  for  the  term  of  one  year,  provided  there  is 
furnished  an  address  to  which  The  Key  may  be  sent. 
The  Key  shall  be  sent  for  three  years  to  each  new 
member  for  whom  the  sum  of  $1.50  shall  be  sent  to 
the  treasurer  with  the  announcement  of  his  election. 

V. 

PROCEDURE. 

The  proceedings  of  the  Council,  in  all  cases  not 
provided  for  in  the  constitution,  or  the  by-laws,  shall 
conform  to  the  rules  laid  down  in  Cushing's  Manual. 

VI. 

ENDORSEMENT   OF   NEW   CHAPTERS. 

All  applications  for  future  charters  shall  have  the 
endorsement  of  at  least  five  existing  chapters  prior  to 
presentation  to  the  Senate,  No  charter  granted  shall 
be  issued  until  those  applying  for  the  same  have  paid 
to  the  Treasurer  of  the  National  Council  $50  as  a 
franchise  fee. 

VII. 

AMENDMENTS. 

These  by-laws,  or  any  of  them,  may  be  suspended, 
altered  or  amended  at  any  meeting  of  the  Council  by 
a  two- thirds  vote  of  the  members  of  the  Council 
present  and  voting. 


THE  FOUNDING  OF  THE  BETA  OF  ILLINOIS 
CHAPTER. 


PREFACE. 

The  preliminary  correspondence  regarding  the  es- 
tabUshment  of  the  Beta  of  lUinois  Chapter  of  Phi  Beta 
Kappa  was  conducted  by  Dean  Harry  Pratt  Judson,  a 
member  of  the  WilHams  Chapter  of  Phi  Beta  Kappa, 
with  E.  B.  Parsons,  of  Williamstown,  Mass.,  who  was 
secretary  of  the  United  Chapters.  His  letter  of  Janu- 
ary 6,  1905,  reproduced  below,  indicates  that  the  com- 
munications from  Dean  Judson  may  not  have  been 
preserved.  Correspondence  with  Rev.  Oscar  M.  Voor- 
hees,  who  succeeded  Mr.  Parsons  as  secretary  of  the 
United  Chapters,  indicates  that  these  letters  were  not 
included  among  the  papers  turned  over  to  him  by  his 
predecessor.  Inquiries  at  the  Library  of  Williams 
College,  which  was  made  the  depositary  of  certain  of 
the  papers  of  Mr.  Parsons,  have  yielded  no  results. 
For  the  purpose  of  history,  however,  the  letters  of 
Secretary  Parsons  are  reproduced. 

Office  of  the  Secretary 
United  Chapters  Phi  Beta  Kappa. 

Williamstown,  Mass., 
Jan.  3,  1897. 
Dear  friend  Judson: 

The  last  Phi  Beta  Kappa  Council  was  Sept.,  1895,  the  next 
left  to  the  officers,  will  probably  be  Sept.  1898.  By  same  mail 
I  send  you  my  report. 

Yours  truly, 

E.  B.  Parsons,  Sec. 

Williamstown,  Mass., 
June  12,  1897. 
Dear  friend  Judson: 

I  will  gladly  present  the  request  of  the  University  of  Chi- 
cago for  endorsement  Phi  Beta  Kappa  at  our  meeting  next 
commencement  week.  No  doubt  it  will  be  given  readily  and 
heartily. 

Yours  truly, 

E.  B.  Parsons, 


52  PHI  BETA  KAPPA 

Sec.  Gamma  Chapter,  (Mass.) 
Williamstown,  Mass., 
June  23,  1897. 
The  application  of  the  University  of  Chicago  for  a  chapter 
of  Phi  Beta  Kappa  was  today  endorsed  by  the  unanimous 
vote  of  the  Gamma  (Mass.)  Chapter  at  Williams  College. 
Attest : 

E.  B.  Parsons^  Sec.  Gamma  Chapter. 

Williamstown,  Mass., 
Jan.  20,  1898. 
Dear  friend  Judson : 

The  Senate  of  Phi  Beta  Kappa  (committee  to  prepare  busi- 
ness for  the  National  Council)  will  meet  with  Bishop  Potter 
on  March  2,  1898. 

All  applications  for  new  chapters  must  be  in  hand  at  that 
time. 

Can  we  not  have  a  request  from  the  President  and  some 
of  the  faculty  of  the  Chicago  University? 

We  expect  to  put  Princeton  and  Wisconsin  "through  the 
mill"  at  that  time  and  so  you  will  have  good  company. 
We  are  in  the  midst  of  a  busy  and  prosperous  year. 
Cordially  yours, 

E.  B.  Parsons,  Sec. 
A  little  Phi  Beta  Kappa  pamphlet  under  another  cover. 

Williamstown,  Mass., 
Jan.  24,  1898. 
Dear  friend  Judson: 

A  simple  request  for  a  charter  of  Phi  Beta  Kappa  signed 
by  yourself  and  as  many  of  the  Faculty  as  you  can  conven- 
iently secure,  and  the  approval  of  the  President,  will  be  all 
that  is  necessary. 

No  other  endorsement  is  necessary. 

You  know  probably  that  Northrup,  Cutting  and  Tolman  are 
members  of  our  chapter. 

While  no  other  endorsement  is  necessary,  yet  I  wish  the 
Rochester  men  would  ask  that  chapter  for  endorsement.  Next 
June  will  be  time  enough  for  that. 

What  I  want  now  is  a  simple  request  for  a  charter  signed 
by  six  or  eight  of  your  men,  and  approved  by  the  President. 
There  will  be  no  difficulty  in  the  matter. 
Cordially  yours, 

E.  B.  Parsons. 

Williamstown,  Feb.  25,  1898. 
Dear  friend  Judson : 

The  application  Phi  Beta  Kappa  was  duly  received  and  it 
will  give  me  pleasure  to  present  it. 

There  can  be  no  question  of  its  approval  by  the  Senate  and 
the  Council. 

Yours  truly, 

E.  B.  Parsons.  Sec. 


BETA  OF  ILLINOIS  53 

Williamstown,  March  14,  1898. 
My  dear  Sir: 

It  gives  me  pleasure  to  say  that  the  application  of  your 
University  for  a  chapter  of  Phi  Beta  Kappa  was  unanimously 
approved  by  the  Senate,  and  the  application  goes  to  the  Coun- 
cil that  meets  at  Saratoga,  Sept.  7,  1898. 

Before  that  time,  please  to  put  on  file  with  me  the  endorse- 
ment of  one  of  the  existing  chapters. 

I  have  no  doubt  that  Rochester  or  Colgate  or  Williams 
would  gladly  give  such  endorsement  at  next  commencement. 
Cordially  yours, 

E.  B.  Parsons,  Sec. 

Williamstown,  Apr.  2,  1898. 
Dear  friend  Judson: 

The  suggestion  of  Rochester  endorsing  Chicago  was  made 
because  of  a  sort  of  tradition  that  denominational  or  semi- 
denominational  institutions  should  be  asked  to  endorse  each 
other.  It  is  of  no  great  importance,  yet  I  should  like  to 
have  it  done  if  convenient. 

Cordially  yours, 

E.  B.  Parsons. 

Williamstown, 
Sept.  9,  1898. 
Dear  friend  Judson: 

It  gives  me  pleasure  to  notify  you  that  the  National  Coun- 
cil voted  unanimously  to  establish  a  Phi  Beta  Kappa  Chapter 
at  your  University  and   the   President   of  the   Council   will 
confer  with  you  as  to  the  method  of  procedure,  etc.,  etc. 
Cordially  yours, 

E.  B.  Parsons,  Sec. 

Williamstown,  Mass., 
Oct.  6,  1898. 
My  dear  Sir : 

I  wish  to  <;onsult  you  as  to  the  form  of  Phi  Beta  Kappa 
Charter. 

The  United  Chapters  furnish  a  printed  form  free  of  charge, 
Long  Primer  type  on  parchment  paper. 

We  have  a  contract  with  one  of  the  penmen  in  a  business 
college  to  give  written  copies  of  the  charter  for  $5  or  $10 
each  according  to  the  amount  of  work. 

If  designed  for  a  drawer  or  pigeon  hole,  the  printed  copy 
is  ample. 

If  it  is  to  be  framed,  the  engrossed  copy  is  desirable. 
Perhaps  you  have   some  artist  to  whom   I   can   send   the 
printed  form  and  let  him  work  it  up. 

Cordially  yours, 

E.  B.  Parsons,  Sec. 


54  PHI  BETA  KAPPA 

William stown,  Mass., 
Oct.  10,  1898. 
Dear  friend  Judson : 

We  naturally  put  on  the  charter  the  names  of  those  who 
sign  the  application.  In  this  case :  Harper,  Judson,  Terry, 
Nef,  Moore,  Tolman,  Hale,  Shorey,  Small  and  Chamberlin. 
H  any  other  name  or  names  should  go  upon  the  charter 
please  let  me  know,  and  I  will  have  the  charter  all  ready 
when  the  President,  DeRemer,  is  ready. 

Cordially  yours, 

E.  B.  Parsons,  Sec. 

Williamstown,  Nov.  4,  1898. 
Dear  friend  Judson: 

By  this  same  mail,  under  another  cover,  I  send  the  charter 
and  other  Phi  Beta  Kappa  documents. 

Cordially  yours, 

E.  B.  Parsons. 

Williamstown,  Mass., 
June  7,  1899. 
Dear  friend  Judson: 

I  will  ask  the  President  of  the  United  Chapters,  Hon.  J.  A. 
DeRemer,  LL.  D.,  of  Schenectady,  N.  Y.,  to  make  sugges- 
tions. 

Pres.  Thwing  of  Adelbert,  has  just  made  the  address  at 
Cincinnati ;  perhaps  he  will  be  open  to  engagement.  I  hope 
DeRemer  will  go. 

Cordially  yours, 

E.  B.  Parsons. 

Williamstown,  Mass., 
June  10,  1899. 
Dear  friend  Judson : 

Enclosed  you  will  find  President  DeRemer's  suggestions. 
He  does  not  like  to  go  back  to  the  old  plan  of  giving  the 
"Alphas"  any  special  power. 

I  should  think  that  it  was  reasonable  courtesy  to  the  Alpha 
to  give  an  early  and  first  class  invitation. 
I  think  Thwing  will  make  the  better  speech. 
Can  you  not  come  and  see  us? 
Society  flourishes. 

Cordially  yours, 

E.  B.  Parsons. 
Williamstown,  Mass., 
July  3,  1899. 
Dear  friend  Judson : 

Will  you  give  me  the  names  of  the  officers  of  the  new  Phi 
Beta  Kappa  Chapter  at  Chicago  University,  or  refer  me  to 
some  one  who  can  easily  give  such  a  list? 
And  greatly  oblige. 

Yours  truly, 

E.  B.  Parsons. 


BETA  OF  ILLINOIS  55 

P.S. — Can  you  also  secure  a  list  of  the  new  members? 
Perhaps  a  catalog  checked  off  can  be  easily  obtained. 

E.  B.  P. 

Williamstown,  Mass., 
July  10,  1899. 
Dear  friend  Hatfield: 

The  $5  from  the  Illinois  Beta  Phi  Beta  Kappa  to  the  funds 
of  the  United  Chapters  are  duly  received  with  thanks. 

In  the  general  catalog  I  shall  attempt  only  a  single  line, 
names  with  titles  and  addresses,  also  class  if  convenient. 

It  will  be  a  great  favor  if  I  can  secure  the  list  and  I  will 
gladly  pay  for  it. 

Mr.  Judson  is  one  of  our  high  grade  Williams  men:  re- 
member me  to  him  if  you  have  occasion. 
Cordially  yours, 

E.  B.  Parsons,  Sec. 

Williamstown,  Mass., 
January  6,  1906. 
Dear  friend  Judson: 

After  twelve  years  as  Secretary  of  the  United  Chapters  of 
Phi  Beta  Kappa,  the  Rev.  O.  M.  Voorhees  of  High  Bridge, 
New  Jersey,  Rutgers  Chapter,  was  elected  secretary  and  all 
my  papers  were  passed  over  to  him.  I  am  not  sure  as  to 
such  papers  as  you  mention;  but  the  minutes  of  the  Senate 
that  first  acted  in  the  case  must  hiave  something. 
With  all  the  good  wishes  of  the  season, 

Cordially  yours, 

E.  B.  Parsons 

Chicago,  January  19,  1906. 
Rev.  O.  M.  Voorhees, 

High  Bridge,  New  Jersey. 
My  dear  Mr.  Voorhees: 

I  am  gathering  material  for  a  documental  history  of  the 
Beta  of  Illinois  chapter,  and  I  am  anxious  to  get  the  letters 
sent  by  Professor  H.  P.  Judson  to  Mr.  E.  B.  Parsons  in 
1897  and  8  during  the  preliminary  negotiation  for  a  charter. 

Mr.  Parsons  writes,  January  6th,  1906,  that  he  turned  all 
the  papers  over  to  you.  He  is  not  sure  that  such  letters  were 
preserved.  If  you  find  them  I  shall  appreciate  it  very  much 
if  you  send  them  to  me  for  the  purpose  mentioned.  My  plan 
is  to  bind  them  all  up  in  a  book  and  thus  have  the  original 
material  for  the  history  of  the  chapter. 

Hoping  to  hear  from  you  in  this  matter,  I  remain. 
Yours  very  truly, 

Francis  W.  Shepardson. 


Ofi&ce  of  the  Secretary 


United  Chapters  Phi  Beta  Kappa, 


Williamstown,  Mass.,.. 


4._ /SJ,,.d^jZ9. 


.189^ 


other  Petitioneri-r 

The  undersigned,  a  Committee  duly 
appointed  at  the  National  Council  of  the  United  Chap- 
ters of  Phi  Beta  Kappa  held  in  September  last  for  the 
purpose  of  instituting  the  Chapters  which  the  said 
Council  had  voted  to  establish,  in  fulfillment  of  their 
duty  take  pleasure  in  transmitting  to  you  herewith  a 
formal  Charter  for  the  establishment  of  a  Chapter 
of  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa  in 


to   be  designated  as  the. 

Chapter  of ...^r^fe^rr^^rr^rr^r:^^^^ ;  a  copy  of 

the  Constitution  and  By-Laws  of  th^  United  Chapter ; 
a  Model  Constitution  for  such  new  Chapter  of  the  form 
prescribed  by  the  National  Council,  and  also  a  summary 
statement  of  the  practices  which  obtain  among  existing 
chapters  as  to  selection  of  members,  form  of  initiation, 
etc. 

With  these  documents  you  are  fully  authorized 
and  empowered  by  us  to  institute  the  new  Chapter  in 
such  manner  as  may  commend  itself  to  you. 

And  we  confidently  hope  and  trust  that  this  chapter 
under  your  fostering  care  and  wise  guidance  may  in 
its  membership  maintain  that  high  standard  of  charac- 
ter and  attainment  which  has  characterized  the  mem- 
bership of  the  Society  in  a  long  past  and  which  has 
rendered  honorable  everywhere  the  appellation  of  Phi 
Beta  Kappa. 

Fraternally  Yours,' 


BETA  OF  ILLINOIS  57 

The  United  Chapters 

of 

Phi  Beta  Kappa 

High  Bridge,  N.  J.,  January  22,  1906. 
Prof.  Francis  W.  Shepardson, 

Chicago,   111. 
Dear  Sir: 

I  regret  very  sincerely  that  the  correspondence  you  desire 
is  not  at  hand,  not  having  been  sent  me  by  Dr.  Parsons.  I 
have  the  correspondence  of  recent  chapters  and  have  won- 
dered if  I  should  be  burdened  with  its  preservation.  Your 
suggestion  is  a  good  one,  and  I  think  that  it  should  be 
returned  to  the  chapters  for  such  disposition  as  may  seem 
to  them  good. 

It  is  possible  that  I  may  come  to  Chicago  the  coming 
month,  and  in  that  case  should  be  glad  to  meet  some  mem- 
bers of  your  chapter.  I  should  be  pleased  to  be  remembered 
to  Prof.  Thompson,  a  Rutgers'  man  now  connected  with  your 
faculty. 

Allow  me  to  express  my  sympathy  with  the  University 
at  the  loss  of  its  efficient  and  distinguished  president.  From 
your  intimate  association  with  him  you  no  doubt  feel  the  loss 
more  keenly  than  do  others.  We  may  feel  confident  that  the 
way  of  the  future  will  be  made  plain. 

Very  sincerely  yours, 

Oscar  M.  Voorhees. 

Williams  College  Library, 
Williamstown,  Mass. 
John  Adams  Lowe, 
Librarian. 

2  January,  1915. 
Mr.  Francis  W.  Shepardson, 
University  of  Chicago, 
Chicago. 
My  dear  Mr.  Shepardson. 

I  am  sorry  that  your  letter  has  had  to  wait  since  the  six- 
teenth of  December  for  a  reply.  The  papers  of  the  late  Dr. 
E.  B.  Parsons  which  were  sent  to  the  Library  after  his  death 
consisted  of  bound  volumes  of  the  Bulletins  of  the  College 
with  which  he  had  concerned  himself  in  publication  during 
his  long  and  busy  as  well  as  faithful  career  here  as  Regis- 
trar, I  do  not  find  any  letters  of  any  description.  It  is  barely 
possible  that  these  letters  dealing  with  Phi  Beta  Kappa  may 
have  been  sent  to  the  present  Secretary,  Professor  Samuel 
E.  Allen,  M.  A. 

Faithfully  yours, 

John  A.  Lowe. 


58  PHI  BETA  KAPPA 

In  the  autumn  of  1896  Dean  Harry  Pratt  Judson 
entered  into  correspondence  with  Mr.  E.  B.  Parsons 
of  Williamstown,  Massachusetts,  the  secretary  of  the 
United  Chapters  of  Phi  Beta  Kappa,  relative  to  secur- 
ing a  charter  for  a  chapter  at  the  University  of 
Chicago.  Under  his  direction  a  petition  was  framed 
and  presented  to  the  Senate  of  the  society  at  a  meet- 
ing held  in  the  Library  of  the  See  House,  29  Lafayette 
Place,  New  York  City,  at  three  o'clock,  Wednesday, 
March  2,  1898,  Bishop  Potter,  president  of  the  United 
Chapters,  presiding.  On  March  17,  1898,  notice  was 
sent  to  all  chapters  of  applications  for  charters  from 
fifteen  institutions,  among  them  the  University  of 
Chicago.  On  Wednesday,  September  7,  1898,  the 
National  Council  of  Phi  Beta  Kappa  met  in  the  room 
of  the  Court  of  Appeals,  Convention  Hall,  Saratoga 
Springs,  N.  Y.,  at  10  o'clock  in  the  morning,  and  at 
this  meeting  the  petition  from  the  University  of  Chi- 
cago was  granted  and  the  following  charter  voted : 

CHARTER   OF   PHI   BETA    KAPPA   UNITED    CHAPTERS. 

To  William  Rainey  Harper,  Harry  Pratt  Judson,  Ben- 
jamin S.  Terry,  Eliakim  Hastings  Moore,  Thomas 
Chrowder  Chamberlin,  John  Ulric  Nef,  Albert 
Harris  Tolman,  William  Gardner  Hale,  Albion 
Woodbury  Small,  Paul  Shorey,  Brethren  of  the  Phi 
Beta  Kappa, 
Greeting : 

Whereas  the  National  Council  of  the  United  Chap- 
ters of  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa  Society  has  by  resolution 
duly  adopted  on  the  7th  day  of  September,  1898,  de- 
creed the  establishment  of  a  chapter  of  the  Phi  Beta 
Kappa  in  connection  with  the  University  of  Chicago 
at  Chicago,  Illinois,  and  has  directed  the  Senate  by  the 
President  and  Secretary  to  issue  a  charter  in  the  name 
of  the  National  Council:  Now,  therefore,  by  virtue 
of  the  aforesaid  act  of  the  Council  and  the  authority 
delegated  to  us,  we  do  hereby  incorporate  and  estab- 
lish you  and  such  others  as  you  may  hereafter  elect 
and  associate  with  yourselves,  in  conformity  to  the 
law  of  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa  Society,  into  a  separate 
and  subordinate  branch  of  said  society  to  be  known 


BETA  OF  ILLINOIS  59 

and  called  the  Beta  Chapter  of  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa 

in  the  state  of  Illinois ;  hereby  granting  you  and  your 
successors  all  the  powers,  privileges,  and  benefits 
thereunto  appertaining,  in  as  full  and  ample  a  measure 
as  the  brethren  of  the  other  and  existing  chapters 
enjoy;  at  the  same  time  enjoining  upon  you  in  the 
organization  and  conduct  of  the  new  chapter,  and  as 
a  condition  upon  which  this  chapter  is  granted,  strict 
compliance  with  the  Constitution  of  the  United  Chap- 
ters and  the  Model  Constitution  herewith  transmitted 
to  you. 

In  witness  whereof  the  said  Senate  has  caused  the 
seal  of  the  United  Chapters  of  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa  to 
be  affixed  hereto,  with  the  signatures  of  the  President 
and  Secretary. 

JOHN  A.  De  REMER, 

President. 

E.  B.  PARSONS, 

Secretary. 

On  the  receipt  of  this  charter,  meetings  were  held  in 
the  Assembly  Hall,  Haskell  Oriental  Museum  on  April 
4,  June  2,  and  June  9,  1899,  at  which  a  local  organiza- 
tion was  effected,  a  constitution  and  by  laws  adopted, 
a  list  of  recommendations  for  membership  presented, 
and  plans  formulated  for  the  public  inauguration  of 
the  chapter.  This  occurred  in  Kent  Theater,  Satur- 
day, July  1,  1899,  at  10:30  a.  m.,  the  programme  being 
as  follows: 

I.     Institution  of  Beta  Chapter. 

1.  Phi  Beta  Kappa — Its  History  and  Purpose. 
Professor  James  Taft  Hatfield,  Ph.  D. 

of  the  Alpha  of  Illinois  (Northwestern 
University),  representing  the  United 
Chapters. 

2.  Reading  of  Charter. 

Secretary  Henry  Rand  Hatfield,  Ph.  D. 

3.  Formal  Recognition  of  Chapter. 
Professor  Herbert  Franklin  Fisk,  D.  D. 

of  the  Alpha  of  Illinois,  representing  the 
United  Chapters. 


^  OF   PHI   BBT^ 


UNITED .  CHAPTERS. 


To-  /^^^^i^cUc^    /^tJl«.^  %.a^>^;>^^^t^^ 

^^.:^d^^ /^^^^^^'^  ^^^^'^^^^/  .^^^t*..,^  <^^C*»*«di- ^«^***/»«--^-l^^ 
Sf^  ^^ii^i<U.  -^^^^   ^:Zi^iC^  /^C^-^  ■T"^^^^.*^.,^ 

Brethren  of  fhe   Phi  Beta  Kappa— GREETING 
Whereas  tte  National  Council  of  the  United  Chapters  of  the  Phi  BetA  Kappa 
Society  has  by  resolution  duly  adopted  on  the  /  ^   day  of  "-^^©^*»«»-^-»v'^^ 
decreedtheestablishmentof  a  Chapter  of  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa  in  connection  with 

and  has  directed  the  Senate  by  the  President  and  Secretary  to  issue  a  charter  in  the 
name  of  the  National  Council: — Now,  therefore,  by  virtue  of  the  aforesaid  act  of  the 
Council  and  the  authority  delegated  to  us,  we  do  hereby  incorporate  and  establish 
you  and  such  others  as  you  may  hereafter  elect  and  associate  with  yourselves,  in 
conformity  to  the  law  of  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa  Society,  into  a  separate  and 
subordinate  branch  of  said  societj'  to  be  known  and  called  the     ^oi-^^^A 

Chapter  of  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa  in  the  state  of  c^^<£<-*^:-«>-«i^ ;  hereby 

granting  unto  you  and  your  successors  all  the  powers,  privileges,  and  benefits 
thereunto  appertaining,  in  as  full  and  ample  a  measure  as  the  brethren  of  the 
other  and  existing  chapters  enjoy;  at  the  same  time  enjoining  upon  you  in  the 
organization  and  conduct  of  the  new  cliapter,  and  as  a  condition  upon  which 
this  charter  is  granted,  strict  compliance  with  the  Constitution  of  the  United 
Chapters  and  the    Model  Constitution   herewith  transmitted  to  you. 

In  witness  whereof  the  said  Senate  has  caused  the  seal  of  the  United 
Chapters  of  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa  to  be  affixed  hereto,  with  the  signatures  of  the 
President  and  the  Secretary. 


BETA  OF  ILLINOIS  61 

II.  Initiation  of  Members. 

1.  Presentation  of  Candidates. 
Vice-President  Charles  Herbert  Thurber, 

A.  M. 

2.  Charge  to  Candidates. 

President  Harry  Pratt  Judson,  LL.  D. 

III.  Oration. 

"The  Education  which  our  Country  Needs." 
President  Cyrus  Northrop,  LL.  D. 
of  the  University  of  Minnesota. 
Since  the  chapter  was  organized  meetings  have  been 
held  quarterly  for  the  admission  of  new  members.  The 
aim  has  been  to  have  one  public  meeting  each  year, 
with  an  address  given  under  the  auspices  of  the  fra- 
ternity.   In  a  few  instances  special  reasons  have  inter- 
fered to  prevent  this  plan    from    being  carried  out. 
Several  interesting  social  gatherings  have  been  held. 

Orations  have  been  delivered  at  the  time  of  the  June 
Convocation  of  the  University  as  follows : 

1899  President  Cyrus  Northrop,  of  the  University  of 

Minnesota. 
Subject:     "The  Education  which  our  Country 
Needs." 

1900  Professor  Paul   Shorey,    of  the  University  of 

Chicago. 
Subject:      "College    Education    and    Western 
Life." 

1901  President  Benjamin  Ide  Wheeler,  of  the  Uni- 

versity of  California. 
Subject:    "Things  Human." 

1902  Honorable  Charles  Francis  Adams,  of  the  Bos- 

ton bar. 
Subject:    "Shall  Cromwell  have  a  Statue?" 

1903  Mr.     Bliss     Perry,    Editor    of    the     ''Atlantic 

Monthly." 
Subject.     "Indifferentism." 

1904  Mr.  Walter  Hines    Page,  Editor  of  'World's 

Work." 
Subject:     "The  Cultivated  Man  in  an  Indus- 
trial Era." 


62  PHI  BETA  KAPPA 

1905  Professor  John  Franklin  Jameson,  of  the  Uni- 

versity of  Chicago. 
Subject:    "The  Age  of  Erudition." 

1906  Professor  Albion  Woodbury  Small,  of  the  Uni- 

versity of  Chicago. 
Subject:     "The  Social  Value  of  an  Academic 
Career." 

1907  No  orator. 

1908  Professor  Theodore  Gerald  Soares,  of  the  Uni- 

versity of  Chicago. 
Subject :    "The  Orator  in  Modern  Life." 

1909  Professor  Charles  Hubbard  Judd,  of  the  Uni- 

versity of  Chicago. 
Subject:     "The  Course  of  Study  in  American 
Colleges." 

1910  Professor  Julian  William  Mack,  of  the  Univers- 

ity of  Chicago. 
Subject:     "Some  Pressing  Problems  of  Immi- 
gration." 

1911  Professor  Charles  Edward  Merriam,  of  the  Uni- 

versity of  Chicago. 
Subject:    "Citizenship." 

1912  No  orator. 

1913  No  orator. 

1914  No  orator. 

The  plan  of  emphasizing  the  importance  of  the  fra- 
ternity by  having  an  address  at  a  quarterly  meeting 
was  tried  in  December,  1914.  At  that  time  the  Sec- 
retary of  the  chapter  gave  the  address  upon  the  sub- 
ject "A  Fraternity  of  Scholars." 

The  officers  of  the  Chapter  have  been : 

President. 

1899—1900  Harry  Pratt  Judson,  LL.  D. 

1900—1901  Paul  Shorey,  Ph.  D.,  LL.  D. 

1901—1902  James  Laurence  Laughlin,  Ph.  D. 

1902—1903  William  Gardner  Hale,  LL.  D. 

1903—1904  George  Edgar  Vincent,  Ph.  D.,  LL.  D. 

190/^ — 1905  George  Stephen  Goodspeed,  Ph.  D. 

1905—1906  James  Hayden  Tufts,  Ph.  D.,  LL.  D. 

1906—1907  James  Westfall  Thompson,  Ph.  D. 


BETA  OF  ILLINOIS 


63 


1907—1908    Nathaniel  Butler,  D.  D,  LL.  D. 
1908—1909     Theodore  Gerald  Soares,  Ph.  D.,  D.  D. 
1909— 1910— Thomas  Chrowder  Chamberlin,  Ph.  D., 

Sc.  D.,  LL.  D. 
1910—1911     Albion  Woodbury  Small,  Ph.  D.,  LL.  D. 
1911—1912    James  Parker  Hall,  A.  B.,  LL.  B. 
1912—1913     Frederick  Denison  Bramhall,  Ph.  B. 
1913—1914    Eliakim  Hastings  Moore,  Ph.  D.,  LL.  D., 

Sc.  D.,  Math.  D. 
1914—1915     Thomas  Wakefield  Goodspeed,  D.  D. 

Vice-President. 
1899—1900     Charles  Herbert  Thurber,  Ph.  D. 
1900—1901     Henry  Rand  Hatfield,  Ph.  D. 
1901—1902     Henry  Rand  Hatfield,  Ph.  D. 
1902—1903     George  Edgar  Vincent,  Ph.  D.,  LL.  D. 
1903—1904     George  Stephen  Goodspeed,  Ph.  D. 
1904—1905     Frank  Frost  Abbott,  Ph.  D. 
1905—1906    James  Westfall  Thompson,  Ph.  D. 
1906—1907     Marion  Talbot,  LL.  D. 
1907—1908     Edward  Benjamin  Krehbiel,  Ph.  D. 
1908—1909    James  Parker  Hall,  A.  B.,  LL.  B. 
1909—1910    Frederick  Denison  Bramhall,  Ph.  B. 
1910—1911     Edith  Foster  Flint.  Ph.  B. 
1911—1912     Robert  Andrews  Millikan,  Ph.  D.,  Sc.  D. 
1912—1913     Hervey  Foster  Mallory,  Litt.  D. 
1913 — 1914     Sophonisba   Preston   Breckenridge,    Ph. 

D.,  J.  D. 
1914—1915     Herbert    Ellsworth     Slaught,     Ph.    D., 

Sc.  D. 

Secretary-Treasurer. 

1899—1900    Henry  Rand  Hatfield,  Ph.  D. 
1900 —  Francis  Wayland    Shepardson,  Ph.  D., 

LL.  D. 
The  rules  regarding  membership  are  as  follows : 
1.  Charter  and  Constituent  Membership:  The 
Charter  was  issued  September  7,  1898,  to  William 
Rainey  Harper,  Harry  Pratt  Judson,  Benjamin  S. 
Terry,  Eliakim  Hastings  Moore,  Thomas  Chrowder 
Chamberlin,  John  Ulric  Nef,  Albert  Harris  Tolman, 
William  Gardner  Hale,  Albion  Woodbury  Small,  and 
Paul  Shorey. 


64  PHI  BETA  KAPPA 

At  the  time  of  organization  it  was  agreed  that  all 
members  of  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa  connected  with  the 
University  as  members  of  the  Board  of  Trustees, 
members  of  the  Faculties,  or  as  students  in  the 
Graduate  Schools  should  be  considered  members  of 
the  Beta  of  Illinois  Chapter. 

2.  Undergraduate  Membership:  Under  the  Con- 
stitution of  the  Chapter  the  following  classes  of 
students  are  eligible  to  membership : 

(1)  Regular  undergraduate  students  under  the 
Faculties  of  Arts,  Literature,  and  Science,  (a)  who 
are  in  residence  during  the  quarter  in  which  the  elec- 
tion is  held,  (b)  who  at  that  time  have  been  in  resi- 
dence at  the  University  of  Chicago  at  least  six  full 
quarters  (including  the  current  quarter),  (c)  who 
have  not  less  than  twenty- four  majors'  credit  on  the 
Recorder's  books,  (d)  who  for  their  entire  course  have 
a  scholarship  rank  of  not  less  than  five  honor  points 
per  major  taken  and  (e)  in  whose  case  there  is  no 
reason  to  think  they  will  fall  below  that  rank  during 
the  current  quarter. 

(2)  Regular  undergraduate  students  under  the  care 
of  the  Faculties  of  Arts,  Literature,  and  Science,  (a) 
who  are  in  residence  during  the  quarter  in  which  the 
election  is  held,  (b)  who  have  not  less  than  thirty- 
three  majors'  credit  upon  the  Recorder's  books,  (c) 
who  at  the  time  of  the  election  have  been  in  residence 
at  the  University  of  Chicago  at  least  six  full  quarters 
(including  the  current  quarter),  and  who  have  for  the 
entire  course  an  average  rank  of  not  less  than  five 
honor  points  per  major  taken,  or  who  have  been  in 
residence  at  the  University  of  Chicago  not  less  than 
nine  full  quarters,  and  have  for  the  entire  course  an 
average  rank  of  not  less  than  four  and  a  half  honor 
points  per  major  taken,  and  (d)  in  whose  case  there 
is  no  reason  to  think  they  will  fall  below  that  rank 
during  the  current  quarter. 

3.  Retroactive  Membership:  Under  the  constitu- 
tion. Bachelors  of  Arts,  Philosophy  or  Science  who 
graduated  between  Oct.  1,  1892,  and  the  date  of  the 
establishment  of  the  Chapter,  and  who  at  the  time  of 


BETA  OF  ILLINOIS  65 

graduation  conformed  to  the  requirements  given  above, 
were  made  eligible  to  membership.  (See  list  elected 
June  2,  1899.)  Provision  was  also  made  for  the  vale- 
dictorian and  the  salutatorian  of  the  several  classes 
which  graduated  from  the  old  University  of  Chicago. 
4.  Honorary  Membership:  The  Constitution  also 
provides  for  the  election  of  honorary  members.  Not 
more  than  two  may  be  chosen  in  a  given  year,  and  in 
each  case  the  specific  reasons  for  selection  are  to  be 
clearly  indicated. 


The 

Membership 

Rolls 


THE  MEMBERSHIP  ROLLS. 


Charter  Members. 

William  Rainey  Harper 
Harry  Pratt  Judson 
Benjamin  Stites  Terry 
Eliakim  Hastings  Moore 
Thomas  Chrowder  Chamberlin 
John  Ulric  Nef 
Albert  Harris  Tolman 
William  Gardner  Hale 
Albion  Woodbury  Small 
Paul  Shorey 

Faculty  Members. 

Harold  S.  Adams  (Williams) 

Evelyn  May  Albright  (Ohio  Wesleyan) 

Galusha  Anderson  (Brown) 

James  Rowland  Angell  (Michigan) 

Earl  Brownell  Babcock  (Chicago) 

Susan  Helen  Ballou  (Chicago) 

Edward  Emerson  Barnard  (Vanderbilt) 

Harlan  H.  Barrows  (Chicago) 

Charles  Read  Baskervill  (Vanderbilt) 

Martin  Hays  Bickham  (Pennsylvania) 

Harry  Augustus  Bigelow  (Harvard) 

Katharine  Blunt  (Vassar) 

Frederick  Denison  Bramhall  (Chicago) 

Sophonisba  Preston  Breckinridge  (Wellesley) 

J.  Harlan  Bretz  (Chicago) 

Albert  Dudley  Brokaw  (Chicago) 

Carl  Darling  Buck  (Yale) 

Ernest  DeWitt  Burton  (Chicago) 

Nathaniel  Butler  (Colby) 

Clarence  Fassett  Castle  (Denison) 

RoUin  Thomas  Chamberlin  (Chicago) 

Thomas  Chrowder  Chamberlin  (Chicago) 

Charles  Chandler  (Michigan) 

Charles  Manning  Child  (Wesleyan) 

Walter  Wheeler  Cook  (Columbia) 


70  PHI  BETA  KAPPA 

John  Merle  Coulter  (Indiana) 

Henry  Chandler  Cowles  (Oberlin) 

Starr  Willard  Cutting  (Williams) 

Edwin  Preston  Dargan  (Virginia) 

Leonard  Eugene  Dickson  (Chicago) 

John  Milton  Dodson  (Wisconsin) 

George  Amos  Dorsey  (Denison) 

James  Alfred  Field  (Harvard) 

Edith  Foster  Flint  (Chicago) 

George  Burman  Foster  (West  Virginia) 

Frank  Nugent  Freeman  (Wesleyan) 

Edwin  Brant  Frost  (Dartmouth) 

Errett  Gates  (Chicago) 

Edgar  Johnson  Goodspeed  (Chicago) 

Thomas  Wakefield  Goodspeed  (Rochester) 

Carl  Henry  Grabo  (Chicago) 

Benjamin  Allen  Greene  (Brown) 

William  Gardner  Hale  (Harvard) 

James  Parker  Hall  (Cornell) 

Charles  Richmond  Henderson  (Chicago) 

Charles  Judson  Herrick  (Cincinnati) 

Robert  Herrick  (Harvard) 

Edwin  Frederick  Hirsch  (Northwestern) 

George  Carter  Howland  (Amherst) 

James  Root  Hulbert  (Chicago) 

Thomas  Atkinson  Jenkins  (Swarthmore) 

Marcus  Wilson  Jernegan  (Brown) 

Franklin  Winslow  Johnson  (Colby) 

Charles  Hubbard  Judd  (Wesleyan) 

Harry  Pratt  Judson  (Williams) 

Lee  Irving  Knight  (Chicago) 

Gordon  Jennings  Laing  (Johns  Hopkins) 

William  Jesse  Goad  Land  (Chicago) 

James  Laurence  Laughlin  (Harvard) 

Harvey  Brace  Lemon  (Chicago) 

David  Judson  Lingle  (Chicago) 

Robert  Morss  Lovett  (Harvard) 

Arno  Benedict  Luckhardt  (Chicago) 

Arthur  Constant  Lunn  (Chicago) 

RoUo  La  Verne  Lyman  (Beloit) 

Julian  William  Mack  (Chicago) 


BETA  OF  ILLINOIS  71 

Andrew  Cunningham  McLaughlin  (Michigan) 

William  Duncan  MacMillan  (Chicago) 

Hervey  Foster  Mallory  (Colgate) 

Charles  Riborg  Mann  (Columbia) 

Leon  Carroll  Marshall  (Ohio  Wcsleyan) 

Shailer  Mathews  (Colby) 

Charles  Edward  Merriam  (Iowa) 

Elmer  Truesdell  Merrill  (Wesleyan) 

Albert  Abraham  Michelson  (Chicago) 

Frank  Justus  Miller  (Denison) 

Robert  Andrews  Millikan  (Oberlin) 

Addison  Webster  Moore  (DePauw) 

Eliakim  Hastings  Moore  (Yale) 

Stella  Webster  Morgan  (Illinois) 

Forest  Ray  Moulton  (Chicago) 

John  Ulric  Nef  (Harvard) 

Roy  Batchelder  Nelson  (Chicago) 

William  Albert  Nitze  (Johns  Hopkins) 

Jeannette  Brown  Obenchain  (Chicago) 

Alonzo  Ketcham  Parker  (Rochester) 

Ira  Maurice  Price  (Denison) 

Conyers  Read  (Harvard) 

David  Allan  Robertson  (Chicago) 

Herman  Irving  Schlesinger  (Chicago) 

Arthur  Pearson  Scott  (Princeton) 

Francis  Wayland  Shepardson  (Brown) 

George  Wiley  Sherburn  (Wesleyan) 

Paul  Shorey  (Harvard) 

Herbert  Ellsworth  Slaught  (Colgate) 

Albion  Woodbury  Small  (Colby) 

Gerald  Birney  Smith  (Brown) 

Theodore  Gerald  Soares  (Minnesota) 

Marion  Talbot  (Boston) 

Frank  Bigelow  Tarbell  (Yale) 

Shiro  Tashiro  (Chicago) 

Benjamin  Stites  Terry  (Colgate) 

Ethel  Mary  Terry  (Chicago) 

William  Isaac  Thomas  (Chicago) 

James  West  fall  Thompson  (Rutgers) 

Albert  Harris  Tolman  (Williams) 


72  PHI  BETA  KAPPA 

James  Hay  den  Tufts  (Amherst) 
Ernest  Hatch  Wilkins  (Amherst) 
Stanley  Davis  Wilson  (Wesleyan) 

Former  Faculty  Members. 

Frank  Frost  Abbott  (Yale) 

Le welly s  F.  Barker  (Johns  Hopkins) 

Frank  Melville  Bronson  (Brown) 

Isaac  Bronson  Burgess  (Brown) 

Edward  Capps  (Chicago) 

Henry  Porter  Chandler  (Harvard) 

Lindsay  Todd  Damon  (Harvard) 

John  Dewey  (Vermont) 

♦George  Stephen  Goodspeed  (Brown) 

♦Robert  Francis  Harper  (Chicago) 

♦William  Rainey  Harper  (Colby) 

Henry  Rand  Hatfield  (Northwestern) 

♦Charles  Edmund  Hewitt  (Rochester) 

William  Hill  (Kansas) 

♦Eri  Baker  Hulbert  (Colgate) 

J.  Franklin  Jameson  (Amherst) 

Samuel  Carlisle  Johnston  (Colgate) 

Felix  Lengfeld  (Johns  Hopkins) 

Jacques  Loeb  (Chicago) 

William  Dayton  Merrell  (Rochester) 

Merton  Leland  Miller  (Colby) 

♦William  Vaughan  Moody  (Harvard) 

♦George  Washington  Northrup  (Williams) 

Charles  Herbert  Thurber  (Colgate) 

Oscar  Lovewell  Triggs  (Minnesota) 

George  Edgar  Vincent  (Yale) 

♦Hermann  Edouard  von  Hoist  (Northwestern) 

♦Joseph  Parker  Warren  (Harvard) 

Clarke  Butler  Whittier  (Leland  Stanford) 

Alfred  Reynolds  Wightman  (Brown) 

Graduate  Students  Affiliating  with  the  Chapter. 

Bennett  M.  Allen  (DePauw) 
Jasper  C.  Barnes  (Marietta) 
William  J.  Baumgartner  (Kansas) 
Christopher  Bush  Coleman  (Yale) 


BETA  OF  ILLINOIS  73 

William  Douglas  (Brown) 
Mary  Delano  Ely  (Cincinnati) 
Roy  C.  Flickinger  (Northwestern) 
Tenney  Frank  (Kansas) 
Warren  Stone  Cordis  (Rochester) 
Elmer  Doane  Crant  (Colgate) 
Henry  Martin  Herrick  (Amherst) 
♦Katherine  Jacobson  (Minnesota) 
Samuel  Leland  (Harvard) 
Charles  A.  Proctor  (Dartmouth) 
Adna  Woods  Risley  (Colgate) 
Emanuel  Schmidt  (Colgate) 
M.  Pauline  Scott  (Missouri) 
Arthur  Wynne  Shaw  (Yale) 
Emma  Gilbert  Shorey  (Cornell) 

Honorary  Members. 

Elected  June  6,  1902, 

"for  distinguished  achievement  in  scientific  work:" 
Albert  Abraham  Michelson. 
Jacques  Loeb. 

Elected  June  9,  1903, 
"for    distinguished    scholarship    shown    especially    in 
investigations  in  the  history  of  the  Greek  stage :" 
Edward  Capps. 

Elected  June  11,  1909, 
"for  contributions  to  New  Testament  scholarship  now 
recognized  in  many  lands ;  for  participation  as  consult- 
ing expert,  in  the  planning  of  the  Harper  Memorial 
Library  and  its  connected  libraries,  and  especially  for 
notable  services  to  Education  in  the  Oriental  Educa- 
tional Investigation:"- 
Ernest  DeWitt  Burton. 

Elected  June  13,  1910, 
"for  noteworthy  efforts  to  improve  American  social 
conditions  by  forwarding  the  Juvenile  Court  plan ;  for 
energetic  effectiveness  in  connection  with  American 
charities;  and  particularly  for  widely  recognized  dis- 
tinction as  student,  teacher,  and  administrator  of  the 
law:" 
Julian  William  Mack. 


74  PHI  BETA  KAPPA 

Elected  to  Membership  on  Receiving  the  Degree  of 
Doctor  of  Philosophy  with  the  Grade 

Summa  cum  Laude. 

William  Clinton  Alden,  124  Bryant  St.,  N.  W.,  Washing- 
ton, D.  C. 

Warder  Clyde  AUee,  University  of  Oklahoma,  Norman, 
Okla. 

Alois  Barta,  Saratoga,  Iowa,  German  Theol.  Sch.  of  the 
N.  W.,  Dubuque,  Iowa. 

George  David  Birkhoff,  Harvard  University,  Cambridge, 
Mass. 

Melvin  Araos  Brannon,  University  of  Idaho,  Moscow,  Idaho. 

Edwin  Bayer  Branson  (previously  elected  to  the  Kansas 
chapter),  University  of  Missouri,  Columbia,  Mo. 

Alice  Frieda  Braunlich  (previous  elected  to  Chicago  chap- 
ter), Frances  Shimer  Academy,  Mt.  Carroll,  Illinois. 

J.  Harlan  Bretz,  University  of  Chicago. 

Julian  Pleasant  Bretz,  Cornell  University,  Ithaca,  N.  Y. 

George  Smith  Bryan,  University  of  Wisconsin,  Madison, 
Wis. 

Rollin  Thomas  Chamberlin  (previously  elected  to  Chicago 
chapter),  University  of  Chicago. 

*Ralph  Charles  Henry  Catterall. 

John  Forsyth  Crawford,  Beloit  College,  Beloit,  Wis. 

Leonard  Eugene  Dickson,  University  of  Chicago. 

Sister  Helen  Angela  Dorety,  College  of  St.  Elizabeth,  Mor- 
ristown,  N.  J. 

Daniel  Johnson  Fleming,  Union  Theological  Seminary,  New 
York,  N.  Y. 

Errett  Gates,  University  of  Chicago. 

Thornton  Shirley  Graves,  Trinity  College,  Durham,  N.  C. 

Edgar  Johnson  Goodspeed,  University  of  Chicago. 

Kate  Gordon  (previously  elected  to  Chicago  chapter),  Bryn 
Mawr  College,  Bryn  Mawr,  Pa. 

Edward  Maris  Harvey,  Bureau  of  Plant  Industry,  Wash- 
ington, D.  C. 

Cleo  Hearon,  Westhampton  College,  Richmond,  Va. 

Marcus  W.  Jernegan  (previously  elected  to  Brown  chap- 
ter), University  of  Chicago. 

Roger  Miller  Jones  (previously  elected  to  Denison  chap- 
ter), Grinnell  College,  Grinnell,  Iowa. 

Lee  Irving  Knight  (previously  elected  to  Chicago  chapter). 
University  of  Chicago. 

Edward  Benjamin  Krehbiel  (previously  elected  to  Kansas 
chapter),  Stanford  University,  California. 

Arthur  Constant  Lunn,  University  of  Chicago. 

Florence  Anna  McCormick,  Agricultural  Experiment  Sta- 
tion, Lincoln,  Neb. 


BETA  OF  ILLINOIS  75 

John  Hector  MacDonald,  University  of  California,  Berke- 
ley, California. 

William  Duncan  MacMillan,  University  of  Chicago. 

Geneva  Misener,  University  of  Alberta,  Edmonton,   Alberta. 

Wesley  Clair  Mitchell  (previously  elected  to  Chicago  chap- 
ter), Columbia  University,  New  York,  N.  Y. 

Forest  Ray  Moulton,  University  of  Chicago. 

William  Bishop  Owen,  Chicago  Normal  School. 

Edward  William  Parsons,  Rochester  Theological  Seminary, 
Rochester,  N.  Y. 

Loren  Clifford  Petry,  Syracuse  University,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

Theodore  Calvin  Pease,  University  of  Illinois,  Urbana. 

Norma  Etta  Pfeiffer  (previously  elected  to  Chicago  chap- 
ter), University,  North  Dakota. 

John  Thomas  Patterson,  University  of  Texas,  Austin,  Tex. 

Mary  Bradford  Peaks  (previously  elected  to  Chicago  chap- 
ter), Vassar  College,  Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y. 

Caroline  Louise  Ransom,  Metropolitan  Museum,  New  York, 
N.  Y. 

♦Mildred  Leonora  Sanderson. 

George  Clark  Sellery,  University  of  Wisconsin,  Madison, 
Wisconsin. 

Lester  Whyland  Sharp,  Cornell  University,  Ithaca,  N.  Y. 

Victor  Ernest  Shelford,  University  of  Illinois,  Urbana,  111. 

Henry  Walgrave  Stuart,  Stanford  University,  California. 

William  Isaac  Thomas,  University  of  Chicago. 

Helen  Bradford  Thompson  (previously  elected  to  Chicago 
chapter),  Child  Labor  Division,  Bureau  of  Records, 
343  Bryant  Ave.,  Cincinnati,  Ohio. 

George  Edgar  Vincent  (previously  admitted  by  transfer 
from  Yale  chapter).  University  of  Minnesota,  Minne- 
apolis, Minn. 

Arthur  Tappan  Walker,  University  of  Kansas,  Lawrence, 
Kansas. 

Members  Elected  from  the  Alumni  of  the  Old 
University  of  Chicago. 

Frederick  Lincoln  Anderson,  Newton  Center,  Mass. 
Elizabeth  Cutting  Cooley  (Mrs.  J.  D.  Bruner),  Murfrees- 

boro,  N.  C. 
David  Batchelder  Cheney,  Milwaukee,  Wisconsin. 
Ernest  Wilson  Clement,  Duncan  Academy,  Tokyo,  Japan. 
Lydia  Aurelia  Dexter,  2920  Calumet  Ave. 
Elizabeth  Faulkner,  4746  Dorchester  Ave. 
Ella  Frances  Haigh  (Mrs.  H.  F.  Googins),  3247  South  Park 

Ave. 
♦Robert  Francis  Harper. 

Frank  Ambrose  Helmer,  1217  Westminster  Building. 
Charles  Richmond  Henderson,  University  of  Chicago. 
Herbert  Alonzo  Howe,  University  Park,  Denver,  Colorado. 


76  PHI  BETA  KAPPA 

Dayid  Judson  Lingle,  University  of  Chicago. 
♦Samuel  B.  Randall. 

John  Edwin  Rhodes,  Peoples  Gas  Co.  Building. 
John  Davis  Seaton  Riggs,  Wolcott  School,  Denver,  Colo- 
rado. 

Elected  Members. 

All  addresses  have  been  verified  for  this  edition  except 
those  enclosed  in  []  which  were  taken  from  the  University 
Alumni  Catalogue  of  1913,  as  the  last  known  addresses. 

ELECTED  JUNE  2,  1899. 
Susan  Helen  Ballou,  University  of  Chicago. 
Ethel  Ella  Beers,  3414  S.  Paulina  St. 
Max  Batt,  Fargo,  N.  Dak. 
Carolyn  Louise  Brown,  304  S.  Wabash  Ave.,  care  W.  W. 

Kimball  Co. 
Paul  Fant  Carpenter,  331  Consolidated  Realty  Building, 

Los  Angeles,  Cal. 
Lucy  Hamilton  Carson,  State  Normal  School,  Dillon,  Mon. 
Mary  Castle,  Hudson,  Mass. 
Henry  Love  Clarke,  140  S.  Dearborn  St. 
Irene  Ingalls  Cleaves,  4926  N.  Troy. 
Elizabeth  Teasdale  Coolidge,  5811  Dorchester  Avenue. 
♦Grace  Darling. 

Helen  Kelchner  D  arrow,  5535  Kenwood  Ave. 
Frank  Winans  Dignan,  5853  Indiana  Ave. 
Edith  Foster  (Mrs.  Nott  W.  Flint),  University  of  Chicago. 
Joseph  C.  Friedman,  1226  E.  Forty-ninth  St. 
Frederick  Mayor  Giles,  DeKalb,  Illinois. 
Rose  Adele  Gilpatrick,  Waterville,  Maine. 
Frances  Steele  Hay,  1211  Harvard  St.,  Washington,  D.  C. 
John   Charles   Hessler,   Decatur,   Illinois,   James    Millikin 

Univ. 
Robert  Lee  Hughes,  1345  Thorndale  Ave. 
♦John  I.  Jegi. 

Victor  Oscar  Johnson,  Shoshone,  Idaho. 
Eleanor  Lauder  Jones,  6408  Greenwood  Ave. 
Florence  Rachel  Jones  (Mrs.  H.  M.  Bridgeman),  Kimber- 

ley.  South  Africa. 
Minnie  Lester  (Mrs.  0.  F.  Brauns),  Iron  Mountain,  Mich. 
Mary  Catherine  Lewis,  5605  Dorchester  Ave. 
Susan  Whipple  Lewis,  5605  Dorchester  Ave. 
Ludwig  M.  Loeb,  4529  S.  Michigan  Ave. 
Angeline  Loesch  (Mrs.  Robert  E.  Graves),  4249  Hazel  Ave. 
Mary  Evelyn  Lovejoy,  South  Royalton,  Vermont. 
Mary  Louise  Marot,  Thompson,  Conn. 
John  Preston  Mentzer,  5326  East  End  Ave. 
Wesley  Claire  Mitchell,  Columbia  University,  New  York, 

N.  Y. 
William  Eugene  Moffatt,  2903  Cherry  St.,  Toledo,  Ohio. 


BETA  OF  ILLINOIS  77 

♦Ella  Maria  Osgood. 

Anna    Lockwood    Peterson,    1120    S.    Twenty-eighth    St., 
Omaha,  Nebraska. 

Grace  Gibson  Pinkerton   (Mrs.  Frank  DeForest  Adams) 
[2128  E.  Superior  St.,  Duluth,  Minnesota]. 

Inez  Dwight  Rice  (Mrs.  H.  M.  Adkinson),  615  First  Ave., 
Salt  Lake  City,  Utah. 

Maurice  J.  Rubel,  25  E.  Washington  St. 

Max  Darwin  Slimmer  [432  E.  Fiftieth  Place]. 

Arthur  Whipple  Smith,  Colgate  Univer'ty,  Hamilton,  N.  Y. 

Kenneth  Gardner  Smith,  1124  Second  St.,  Ames,  Iowa. 

Emily    Churchill   Thompson    (Mrs.    F.    H.    Sheets),    1930 
Sheridan  Rd.,  Evanston,  Illinois. 

Helen  Bradford  Thompson   (Mrs.  Paul  G.  Woolley),  343 
Bryant  Ave.,  Cincinnati,  Ohio. 

Donald  Shurtlefif  Trumbull,  134  S.  LaSalle  St. 

Alice  Van  Vliet  [Packer  Collegiate  Institute,  New  York]. 

Henry  Whitwell  Wales,  Jr.,  1021  New  York  Life  Building. 

William  English  Walling,  116  Field  Point  Road,  Green- 
wich, Conn. 

Framk  Howard  Westcott,  Box  886,  Cheyenne,  Wyoming. 
ELECTED  JUNE  9,  1899. 

Bertha  Barnett  [(Mrs.  George  W.  Beach),  State  Sanitar- 
ium, Cass  Co.,  Minn.]. 

Lydia  Brauns,  633  S.  Jackson  St.,  Green  Bay,  Wisconsin. 

Edith  Maud  Bullis,  Aoyama,  Tokyo,  Japan. 

♦Charles  Lindsey  Burroughs. 

Matilda  Castro,  Bryn  Mawr  College,  Bym  Mawr,  Pa. 

John  Joseph  Clarkson  [4859  Michigan  Boulevard]. 

Harry  Norman  Gottlieb,  Sheridan,  Wyoming. 

Lucie  Hammond  (Mrs.  F.  0.  Schacht),  Downer's  Grove, 
Illinois. 

Pearl  Louise  Hunter  (Mrs.  Wm.  J.  Weber),  Lakeview,  Ore- 
gon. 

Arthur  Taber  Jones,  78  N.  Elm  St.,  Northampton,  Mass. 

Alice  Lachmund,  3935  Castleman  Ave.,  St.  Louis,  Missouri. 

Ella  Christina  Lonn  [921  Main  St.,  La  Porte,  Ind.]. 

Mary  Chapman  Moore   (Mrs.  J.   P.  Ritchey),  Townsend, 
Montana. 

Elizabeth  Margaret  Noll  (Mrs.  R.  S.  Soule),  3424  Carrol 
Ave.,  Berwyn,  Illinois. 

Nannie  Gourley  Oglevee,  The  Greenwood  Inn.,  Evanston. 
Illinois. 

Bertha  Adelia  Pattengill    (Mrs.   Roy  B.   Pace),   1323   E, 
Fifty-seventh  St. 

Hugh  James  Polkey,  5100  Sheridan  Road. 

Annie  Bowland  Reed   [(Mrs.  John  Harwood),  64  Dudley 
St.,  Brookline,  Mass.]. 

Arthur  Richard  Schweitzer,  402  Oakdale  Ave. 


78  PHI  BETA  KAPPA 

Frank  Leland  Tolman,  New  York  State  Library,  Albany, 
New  York. 

Clara  Morton  Welch   (Mrs.  William  Arthur  Green),  914 
Franklin  St.,  Wausau,  Wis. 

Marie  Katharine  Werkmeister,  Evanston,  111. 

ELECTED  SEPTEMBER  19,  1899. 

Grace    Eleanor    Chandler,  Teacher,    96    Lexington    Ave., 
Columbus,  Ohio. 

Ernest  Edwards  Irons,  122  Michigan  Ave. 

John  Paul  Ritchey,  Townsend,  Montana. 

Alfred  Ogle  Shaklee,  201  S.  Ridgeland  Ave.,  Oak  Park,  111. 
ELECTED  DECEMBER.21,  1899. 

Elizabeth  Earnist  Buchanan,  6110  Dorchester  Ave. 

Mary  Gertrude  Borough,  4859  Champlain  Ave. 

Lee  Julius  Frank,  30  N.  Dearborn  St. 

William  Schoonover  Harman,  1625  Ridge  Ave.,  Evanston, 
Illinois. 

Mary  Bradford  Peaks,  care  Rembaugh  &  Towle,  1  Broad- 
way, New  York,  N.  Y. 

Jean  Rowan  Priest  (Mrs.  Joseph  W.  Priest),  802  Gratiot 
Ave.,  Alma,  Mich. 

Louise  Roth,  4914  Michigan  Ave. 

ELECTED  MARCH  16,  1900. 

Josephine  May  Burnham,  Wellesley,  Massachusetts. 

Marian  Fairman,  4744  Kenwood  Ave. 

Harry  Bauland  Newman,  209  S.  State  St. 

Julia  Lillian  Peirce,  The  Gladstone  Hotel,  Seattle,  Wash. 

Charles  Byron  Williams  [Tomahawk,  Wisconsin,  in  1909]. 

ELECTED  JUNE  18,  1900. 
Mary  Judson  Averett,  Orchard  Cottage,  Chatham,  N.  J. 
Lillian  Carroll  Banks,  Great  Falls,  Nebraska. 
Alvin  Lester  Barton,  Christian  College,  Columbia,  Mo. 
Vashti  Chandler  (Mrs.  G.  M.  Potter),  3021  Leverett  Ave., 

Alton,  Illinois. 
Josephine  Catherine  Doniat,  4129  Kenmore  Ave. 
Frances  Marie  Donovan,  900  Webster  Ave. 
Helen  Gardner,  1418  E.  Seventy-third  St. 
Kate  Gordon,  Low  Building,  Byrn  Mawr,  Pa. 
Charles  Duffield  Wrenn  Halsey,  62  Leonard  St.,  New  York, 

N.  Y. 
Walter  Wilson  Hart,  2010  Monroe  St.,  Madison,  Wis. 
Anna  McCaleb,  7338  Harvard  Ave. 
John  Mills,  Wyoming,  New  Jersey. 
Margaret  Morgan  (Mrs.  A.  D.  Forbush),  201  W.  Orman 

Ave.,  Pueblo,  Colorado. 
Guy    Whittier    Chadbourne    Ross,    315    Torrey    Building, 

Duluth,  Minnesota. 

ELECTED  SEPTEMBER  17,  1900. 
Walter  Herman  Buhlig,  372  Normal  Parkway. 


BETA  OF  ILLINOIS  79 

Helen  Loretta  Carmody  (Mrs.  J.  Clayton  Smith),  R.  F.  D. 
No.  1,  (Iveenacres,  Wash. 

Laura  Amelia  Thompson,  The  Ontario,  Washington,  D.  C. 
ELECTED  DECEMBER  14,  1900. 

Anna  Poole  Beardsley    (Mrs.  Alexandre   P.  Simar),  584 
Melrose  Ave.,  Montreal,  Canada. 

Florence  Leona  Lyon,  511  S.  Minnesota  Ave.,  Sioux  Falls, 
S.  D. 

Roy  Batchelder  Nelson,  University  of  Chicago. 

Eunice  Bertha  Peter,  6221  Glenwood  Ave. 

ELECTED  MARCH  13,  1901. 

Paul  George  William  Keller,  Appleton,  Wisconsin. 

Ella  Katherine  Walker,  910  Grand  View  St.,  Los  Angeles, 
Cal. 

ELECTED  JUNE  17,  1901. 

Minnie  Barnard   (Mrs.  Alfred  Lewy),  6016  Stony  Island 
Ave. 

Minnie  Ada  Beckwith,  The  Baldwin  School,  Bryn  Mawr, 
Pennsylvania. 

Arthur  Frederick  Beifeld,  122  S.  Michigan  Ave. 

Arthur  Eugene  Bestor,  5701  Kenwood  Ave. 

Frederick  Denison  Bramhall,  University  of  Chicago. 

Norman  Moore  Chivers  [Manila,  P.  I.]. 

Alice  Mabel  Gray  [1121  E.  Sixty-first  St.] 

Elsie  Pricilla  Honn  (Mrs.  W.  R.  Tyndale),  768  Second  Ave., 
Salt  Lake  City,  Utah. 

William  Reynolds  Jayne,  1402  Mulberry  St.,  Muscatine,  la. 

Edwin  Garvey  Kirk,  834  E.  Fifty-sixth  St. 

Florence  Irene  Morrison,  701  N.  New  Jersey  St.,  Indian- 
apolis, Indiana. 

Marie  Baker  Nickell,  405  Lake  St.,  Waukesha,  Wisconsin. 

Nina  Estelle  Weston,  6314  Jackson  Park  Ave.  (care  Dr. 
Moore). 

ELECTED  AUGUST  28,  1901. 

Evelyn  She  well  Hay  den  (Mrs.  Thomas  Carlyle  Hebb),  1026 
N.  Front  St.,  Marquette,  Mich. 

ELECTED  DECEMBER  5,  1901. 

Leon  Patteson  Lewis,  1406  Inter  Southern  Building,  Louis- 
ville, Kentucky. 

Samuel  Noel  Straus  [615  Oakwood  Boul.]. 
ELECTED  MARCH  25,  1902. 

Oscar  Olin  Hamilton,  Cayuga,  Indiana. 

Charles  Andrews  Huston,  Stanford  University,  California. 

Sylvanus  George  Levy,  1607  Ft.  Dearborn  Building. 
ELECTED  JUNE  6,  1902. 

Lynne  John  Bevan,  49  Wall  St.,  New  York,  N.  Y. 

Eva  Wallace  Glaus,  4014  Greenview  Ave. 

Frank  Loxley  GriflSn,  Reed  College,  Portland,  Oregon. 

Josephine  Lackner   (Mrs.  R.   0.   Miles),  2946   Claremont 
Ave.,  Berkeley,  Cal. 


80  PHI  BETA  KAPPA 

Roxane  Emilie  Langellier  (Mrs.  L.  B.  Judson),  30  Church 
St.,  New  York,  N.  Y. 

Jennie  MacHardy  Rattray  [Princeton,  Illinois]. 

David  Allan  Robertson,  University  of  Chicago. 

Walter  George  Sackett,  Agricultural  Experiment  Station, 
Ft.  Collins,  Colorado. 

Albert  Ross  Vail,  Champaign,  Illinois. 

ELECTED  AUGUST  28,  1902. 

William  Jesse  Goad  Land,  University  of  Chicago. 

Robert  Way  land  Patten  gill,  Walla  Walla,  Washington. 

Beulah  Idella  Shoesmith,  6019  Woodlawn  Ave. 

Berthold  Louis  UUman,  University  of  Pittsburgh,  Pitts- 
burgh, Pa. 

ELECTED  DECEMBER  9,  1902. 

Elsie  Flersheim,  4818  Langley  Ave. 

Hedwig    Loeb    (Mrs.   Clarence   Loeb),   4207   Westminster 
Place,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Cash  Albertus  Newkirk,  Chrisman,  Illinois. 
ELECTED  MARCH  16,  1903. 

*Ruth  Cohen. 

Emma  Adelia  Dolfinger,  408  Fountain  Court,  Louisville, 
Kentucky. 

Robert  McBurney  Mitchell,  144  Congdon  St.,  Providence, 
R.  L 

Herman  Irving  Schlesinger,  University  of  Chicago. 
ELECTED  JUNE  9,  1903. 

Earl  Brownell  Babcock,  University  of  Chicago. 

♦Edith  Ethel  Barnard. 

Harlan  H.  Barrows,  University  of  Chicago. 

RoUin  Thomas  Chamberlin,  University  of  Chicago. 

Margaret    Davidson     (Mrs.    Charles    A.    Huston),    1040 
Ramona  St.,  Palo  Alto,  Cal. 

George  Edmeston  Fahr  [Meadville,  Pennsylvania]. 

Harry  William  Getz,  Holland,  Mich. 

Emil  Goetsch,  Peter  B.  Brigham  Hospital,  Boston,  Mass. 

Carl  Henry  Grabo,  5550  University  Ave. 

Julia  Coburn  Hobbs,  Los  Terrados,  South  Pasadena,  Cal. 

Johanna  Veronica  Ryan,  2555  W.  39th  St. 

Myrtle  Irene  Starbird,  Washington  University,  St.  Louis, 
Missouri. 

Mary  Evelyn  Thompson  (Mrs.  Matson  B.  Hill),  4923  Sheri- 
dan Road. 

John  Joseph  VoUertsen,  641  Briar  Place. 

ELECTED  AUGUST  28,  1903. 

Walter  Wile  Hamburger,  104  S.  Michigan  Ave. 

Andrew  Fridley  McLeod,  719  Harrison  Ave.,  Beloit,  Wis. 

Charles  Moore  Steele,  901  Free  Press  Building,  Detroit, 
Mich. 

Frida  von  Unwerth,  527  W.  One  Hundred  and  Twenty- 
first  St.,  New  York. 


BETA  OF  ILLINOIS  81 

Oscar  Gustavus  Adolphus  Wahlgren,  6159  Michigan  Ave. 

ELECTED  DECEMBER  16,  1903. 
Lilian  Anna  Marie  Steichen  [299  3d  St.,  Milwaukee,  Wis.]. 
•Walter  Bruno  Zeisler. 

ELECTED  MARCH  18,  1904. 

Ernest  Everett  Ball,  2933  Iowa  Ave.,  Fresno,  Cal. 

Edna  Cordelia  Dunlap,  1156  E.  Sixty-second  St. 

Agnes  Burnett  MacNeish,  5639  Drexel  Ave. 

Hattie  May  Palmer,  153  Willis  Ave.  W.,  Detroit,  Mich. 

•Winifred  Mary  Reid. 

John  Allen  Sweet,  Jr.,  Farmington,  Maine. 

Laura  Darlene  Ward  (Mrs.  Wilbur  H.  Wright),  267  Edge- 
wood  Place,  River  Forest,  Illinois. 

Anna  Pritchitt  Youngman,  Wellesley  College,  Wellesley, 
Massachusetts. 

ELECTED  JUNE  9,  1904. 
William    Richards    Blair,    U.    S.    Weather    Bureau,    Mt. 

Weather  (via  Bluemont),  Va. 
Ida  Eleanor  Carothers    (Mrs.   Ralph  A.   Merriam),   1515 

Forest  Ave.,  Wilmette,  Illinois. 
Benjamin  Ball  Freud,  703  E.  Fiftieth  Place. 
Sherlock  Bronson  Gass,  University  of  Nebraska,  Lincoln, 

Nebraska. 
John  Leonard  Hancock,  5637  Drexel  Ave. 
Lena  Dell  Harris  (Mrs.  Wirt  Payson  Doty),  1747  Third 

Ave.,  Detroit,  Michigan. 
Nell  Elsie  Louise  Jackson,  7524  Harvard  Ave. 
Alfred  Calvin  Kaar,  1429,  208  S.  LaSalle  St. 
Eva  Rebecca  Price,  Beaver  Dam,  Wisconsin. 
Aileen  Spaulding  (Mrs.  Lester  D.  Hammond),  1715  Adams 

St.,  Madison,  Wisconsin. 
Jane  Thompson   (Mrs.  Donald  Kennicut),  562   Oakwood 

Boul. 
Alene  Norcross  Williams,  1432  Granville  Ave. 

ELECTED  AUGUST  31,  1904. 
Leo  Falk  Wormser,  4737  Kimbark  Ave. 

ELECTED  DECEMBER  16,  1904. 
Charles  Dominic  Berta  [with  Harris,  Forbes  &  Co.,  Pine 

and  Williams  St.,  New  York,  N.  Y.] 
Helen  Mar  Collins  (Mrs.  Henry  O.  Gillet),  6121  Evans  Ave. 
Ana  Jule  Enke,  44  N.  Waiola  Ave.,  La  Grange,  Illinois. 
Agnes  La  Foy  Fay  (Mrs.  Arthur  L.  Morgan),  University 

of  California,  Berkeley,  Cal. 
Anna  Goldstein  (Mrs.  Milton  S.  Koblitz),  9820  South  Boul., 

Cleveland,  Ohio. 
Llllie  Matilde  Lindholm,  2005  Second  Ave.  S.,  Minneapolis, 
Minn. 


82  PHI  BETA  KAPPA 

Dean  Rockwell  Wickes,  Peking,  China;  (h)  2068  W.  Thir- 
tieth St.,  Los  Angeles,  Cal. 

ELECTED  MARCH  17,  1905. 

Albert  Wesley  Evans,  5468  Ellis  Ave. 

♦Nellie  Adele  Fuller. 

Victor  Henry  Kulp,  517  Boyd  St.,  Norman,  Oklahoma. 

Joseph  Louis  Lewinsohn,  906  Trust  and  Savings  Building, 
Los  Angeles,  Cal. 

Nanna  Marx,  1710  Humboldt  Boulevard. 

Daisy  Myrtle  Meyer,  111  Jefferson  St.,  Freeport,  Illinois. 

Eleanor  Murphy,  4041  Prairie  Ave. 

James  Sheldon  Riley,  210  W.  Seventh  St.,  Los  Angeles,  Cal. 

Ruth  Shelton   Saunders   [408  Tenth  Ave.,  Roanoke,  Vir- 
ginia]. 

Charles   Albert    ShuU,   University   of   Kansas,   Lawrence, 
TC  Jin  ^fm 

Paul  Van  Cleef,  7711  Woodlawn  Ave. 

ELECTED  JUNE  10,  1905. 

Harriet   Towle   Bradley   At  wood    (Mrs.   W.   W.   Atwood), 
Harvard  University,  Cambridge,  Mass. 

Jonas  Oscar  Backlund,  455  Shawmut  Ave.,  Boston,  Mass. 

Helena  Marie  Bassett,  331  Normal  Parkway. 

Rose  Amelia  Buhlig,  372  Normal  Parkway. 

Augustus  Radcliflfe  Fischer,  1646  S.  Spaulding  Ave. 

Hannah  Frank   [5312  Indiana  Ave.]. 

*Julius  Karpen. 

Edith  French  Matheny,  807  S.  7th  St.,  Springfield,  Illinois. 

Grace   Edith   Mayer    (Mrs.   Tenney   Frank),  219   Roberts 
Road,  Bryn  Mawr,  Pa. 

Marietta  Wright  Neflf,  1306  Walnut  St.,  San  Diego,  Cal. 

Theodora  Leigh  Richards  (Mrs.  Clyde  L.  Ellsworth),  1492 
Locust  St.,  Dubuque,  Iowa. 

George  Schobinger,  U.  S.  Reclamation  Service,  Las  Cruces, 
N.  Mex. 

Lucy  Elizabeth   Spicer,  State  Normal  School,   Gunnison, 
Cal. 

♦Josephine  Gray  Thompson  (Mrs.  R.  D.  Vincent). 

Dorothy  Visher,  Conner,  Montana. 

Anna  Laura  White,  Tokyo,  Japan. 

Mary  Ellen  Wilcoxson  [(Mrs.  Frank  S.  Baker),  6049  Ellis 
Ave.] . 

ELECTED  AUGUST  30,  1905. 

Minnie  Mabel  Dunwell,  210  S.  Ashland  Boul. 

Cora  Ameline  Gray,  University  of  Illinois,  Urbana,  Illinois. 

Mary  Ella  Robinson,  2747  Pennsylvania  St.,  St.  Joseph, 
Missouri. 

Louis  Martin  Sears,  5610  Dorchester  Ave. 

ELECTED  DECEMBER  18,  1905. 

Robert  Emitt  Doherty  [7824  Morgan  Ave.]. 


BETA  OF  ILLINOIS  83 

Amelie  Bertha  Ganser  [(Mrs.  David  M.  Davidson),  2127 
Jackson  Boul.]. 

Helena  Gavin,  6106  Kenwood  Ave. 

ELECTED  MARCH  19,  1906. 

Edna  Lena  Marie  Buechler,  6637  Woodlawn  Ave. 

Leonas  Lancelot  Burlingame,  Stanford  University,  Cal. 

Irene  Victoria  Engle  [(Mrs.  Justus  Egbert),  77  Westburn 
Ave.,  Hull,  England]. 

Beulah  Waters  Franklin  (Mrs.),  Lexington,  Illinois. 

Ida  Marie  McCarthy,  4733  Prairie  Ave. 

Jeannette  Brown  Obenchain,  6036  Harper  Ave. 
ELECTED  JUNE  9,  1906. 

Margaret  Blanche  AUardyce   (Mrs.   George  R.   Charters, 
Jr.),  Spirit  Lake,  Idaho. 

Lucy  Anne  Arthur,  3524  West  Adams  St. 

Benjamin  Braude,  827  S.  Ashland  Boul. 

Katherine  Josephine  Veronica  Kiely,  5320  Wabash  Ave. 

Rienk  Bourke  Kuiper,  1053  W.  Leonard  St.,  Grand  Rapids, 
Mich. 

Arno  Benedict  Luckhardt,  1423  E.  Sixty-second  St. 

Caroline  Leonora  MacBride  [El  Paso,  Texas]. 

Harry  Dale  Morgan,  319  Main  St.,  Peoria,  Illinois. 

Margaret  May  Mosher,  4438  N.  Maplewood  Ave. 

Marie  Georgia  Ortmayer,  4557  Ellis  Ave. 

Beatrice  Chandler  Patton   (Mrs.  Arnold  L.   Gesell),  1319 
Boulevard,  New  Haven,  Conn. 

Mabel  May  Peglow,  121  N.  Pleasant  St.,  Prescott,  Ariz. 

Chauncey  J.  Vallette  Pettibone,  Campus  Club,  University 
of  Minnesota,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 

Lora  Antoinette  Rich,  5820  E.  Circle  Ave.,  Norwood  Park, 
111. 

Dade  Bee  Shearer,  Box  210,  Greencastle,  Ind. 

William  Vernon  Skiles,  306  Myrtle  St.,  Atlanta,  Georgia. 

Otto  William  Staib  [Bartlett,  Illinois  in  1909]. 

Clark  Condee  Steinbeck,  252  Park  Ave.,  River  Forest,  Illi- 
nois. 

Elizabeth  H.  Summerhays,  6007  Yucca  St.,  Holywood,  Cal. 
ELECTED  AUGUST  29,  1906. 

Luise  Haessler,  Hunter  College,  New  York,  N.  Y. 
ELECTED  DECEMBER  17,  1906. 

Gertrude  Sarah  Bouton  (Mrs.  Harold  L.  Axtell),  710  Elm 
St.,  Moscow,  Idaho. 

Harry  John  Corper,  5537  Drexel  Ave. 

June  Glathart  Launer,  1049  Lawrence  Ave. 

John  Yiu-bong  Lee,  Ryerson  Laboratory,  University  of  Chi- 
cago. 

Lucille  Rochlitz,  819  Windsor  Ave. 

Agnes  Whiteford,  Riverside,  Illinois, 

Maude  Josephine  Wilcox,  Groton,  Mass. 


84  PHI  BETA  KAPPA 

ELECTED  MAKCH  18,  1907. 
Mary  Madeline  Carlock  [419  Whiting  Ave.,  Los  Angeles, 

CaL] 
Mabel  Drury  [Canton,  China]. 

Peter  Hoekstra,  19  E.  Fourteenth  St.,  Holland,  Mich. 
Alice  Margaret  Hogge,  6028  Drexel  Ave. 
James  Root  Hulbert,  5700  Drexel  Ave. 
Eva  Margaret  Jessup,  611  E.  Rose  St.,  Walla  Walla,  Wash. 

Wash. 
Nathan  Louis  Krueger,  2118  W.  North  Ave. 
Helen  Dorathea  Miller. 
Ora  Frances  Proctor  (Mrs.  Jay  Charles  Beaumont),  1624 

Lay  Bvd.,  Kalamazoo,  Mich. 
Walter  Robert  Rathke,  536  Walnut  St.,  Ann  Arbor,  Mich. 
Harriet  Vance  (Mrs.  Wm.  R.  Snyder),  425  W.  Fourth  St., 

Lexington,  Ky. 
Ella  Louise  Wangeman,  6132  Ellis  Ave. 
Erwin  Paul  Zeisler,  3256  Lake  Park  Ave. 

ELECTED  JUNE  8,  1907. 
Flora  Dodson  Adams  (Mrs.  Skipp),  164  W.  Seventy-fourth 

St. 
Lucy  Catherine  DriscoU,  2564  East  Seventy-second  Place. 
Augustus  William  Gidart  [2858  N.  Seeley  Ave.]. 
Suzanne  Courtonne  Haskell  (Mrs.  Harvey  N.  Davis),  8  Ash 

Street  Place,  Cambridge,  Mass. 
Leo  Weil  Hoflfman,  29  S.  LaSalle  St. 
Angeline  Beth  Hostetter,  Mt.  Carroll,  Illinois. 
Fred  Hall  Kay,  State  Geological  Survey,  Urbana,  Illinois. 
Franklin   Chambers   McLain,    Rockefeller   Institute,    New 

York,  N.  Y. 
Clarence  Theodore  MacNeille,  828  Bluff  St.,  Glencoe,  111. 
Mary  Edith  Smith,  Grass  Creek,  Indiana. 
Ethel  Mary  Terry,  6042  Ingleside  Ave. 
Althea  Hester  Warren,  4809  Elmwood  Ave.,  Los  Angeles, 

Cal. 
Hildur  Christina  Westlund  (Mrs.  Martin  T.  Lindquist),  363 

E.  Fifty-seventh  St. 
John  Blair  Whidden,  1246  Gregory  Ave.,  Wilmette,  Illinois. 

ELECTED  AUGUST  30,  1907. 
Paul  Vincent  Harper,  1326  E.  Fifty-eight  St. 
ELECTED  DECEMBER  14,  1907. 
Alice    Freda    Braunlich,    Frances    Shimer   Academy,    Mt. 

Carroll,  111. 
Albert  Dudley  Brokaw,  5304  Woodlawn  Ave. 
Anne  Evelyn  Culver  [163  Jansen  Avenue]. 
Solomon  Menahem  Delson,  5546  Drexel  Ave. 
Alice  Greenacre,  1154  West  103rd  St. 
Violet  Elizabeth  Higley  (Mrs.  Ernest  Marshall  Johnstone), 

Wuhu,  Amhui  Province,  China. 


BETA  OF  ILLINOIS  85 

Bertha  Elizabeth  Lang,  1061  Cherokee  Road,  Louisville, 

Ky. 
Elfreda  Marie  Catherine  Larson  (Mrs.  Fred  C.  Caldwell), 

5205  Greenwood  Ave. 
Elton  James  Moulton,  909  Colfax  St.,  Evanston,  111. 
Ethel  Preston,  2320  Indiana  Ave. 
Ida  Agnes  Shaver,  8142  S.  Peoria  St. 

ELECTED  MARCH  16,  1908. 

Dwight  LaBrae  Akers,  7426  Crandon  Ave. 

George  Harold  Anderson,  418  St.  Charles  St.,  Elgin,  111. 

Hattie  Rebecca  Anderson,  208  S.  15th  St.,  La  Crosse,  Wis. 

Mathilda  Droege,  60  E.  Sixty-first  St.,  New  York,  New 
York. 

Harvey  Benjamin  Fuller,  Jr.,  758  Lincoln  Ave.,  St.  Paul, 
Minn. 

Jeanette  Barry  Lane,  Milwaukee-Downer  College,  Milwau- 
kee, Wis. 

Elsie  Schobinger,  10831  Armida  Ave.,  Morgan  Park,  111. 

Rose  Josephine  Seitz,  1000  East  Fifty-fifth  St. 

ELECTED  JUNE  6,  1908. 

Conrad  Robert  Gustave  Borchardt,  5116  Prairie  Ave. 

Jesse  Lamar  Brenneman,  University  of  New  Mexico,  Albu- 
querque, N.  M. 

Fred  Cornelius  Caldwell,  5205  Greenwood  Ave. 

Mary  Ethel  Courtenay,  5330  Indiana  Ave. 

Abram  Dekker  [45  Mulberry  St.,  Cincinnati,  Ohio]. 

Elizabeth  Emily  Erickson,  Oleander,  Cal. 

Helen  Eaton  Jacoby,  126  W.  Walnut  St.,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 

Carl  Hamann  Lambach,  1910  Ripley  St.,  Davenport,  Iowa. 

Leon  Metzinger,  5823  Drexel  Ave. 

Grace  Mills,  515  Englewood  Ave. 

Mary  Josephine  Moynihan,  2225  N.  Racine  Ave. 

Norma  Etta  Pfeiffer,  University,  N.  Dak. 

Willard  Haskell  Robinson,  Jr.,  6530  Lafayette  Ave. 

Robert  Whitlock  Savidge,  care  of  Rev.  J.  W.  Savidge, 
Omaha,  Nebraska. 

Eva  Ormenta  Schley,  5700  Drexel  Ave. 

Charles  Christian  Staehling,  Missoula,  Montana. 

Inca  Lucile  Stebbins,  6044  Harper  Ave. 

Annie  Katherine  Stock,  3210  W.  22nd  St. 

Anita  Sturges,  5480  Ridgewood  Court. 

Paul  Wander,  327  Hamilton  Ave.,  Palo  Alto,  Cal. 

ELECTED  AUGUST  28,  1908. 
Clinton  Joseph  Davisson,  609  Worth  St.,  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 
Joseph  Gladdon  Hutton,  State  College,  Brookings,  S.  Dak. 

ELECTED  DECEMBER  17,  1908. 
Lucia  von  Lueck  Becker,  124  Superior  St.,  Wauseon,  Ohio. 
Willowdean  Chatterson,  3588  First  St.,  San  Diego,  Cal. 


86  PHI  BETA  KAPPA 

Katherine  May  Slaught,  600  Lexington  Ave.,  New  York, 
N.  Y. 

Shiro  Tashiro,  46  Physiology  Building,  University  of  Chi- 
cago. 

ELECTED  MARCH  15,  1909. 

Harriet  Franc  Baker,  17  E.  Thirty-eighth  St.,  New  York, 
N.  Y. 

Esther  Godshaw,  3442  Reading  Road,  Cincinnati,  Ohio. 

Libbie  Henrietta  Hyman,  5824  Prairie  Ave. 

Ruth  Marion  Kellogg  (Mrs.  Edward  R.  Mack),  803  Wash- 
ington St.,  Wilmington,  Del. 

Anna  Pearl  Kohler. 

Myra  Halstead  Nugent   [(Mrs.  Frank  W.  Cochems),  408 
F    St.,  Salida,  Colo.] 

Margaret  Virginia  Rowbotham,  5460  Greenwood  Ave. 

Helen  Massey  Rudd,  514  Maple  Ave.,  Blue  Island,  111. 

Stephen  Sargent  Visher,  Walker  Museum,  University  of 
Chicago. 

Walter  Adelbert  Weaver,  Fowl  River,  Alabama. 

Wilfred  Horsey  Worth,  1116  E.  Fifty-fourth  Place. 
ELECTED  JUNE  11,  1909. 

Charlotte  Barton  [Mercer,  Pa.]. 

William  John   Bauduit,  Howard  University,  Washington, 
D.  C. 

Oscar  Blumenthal,  1206  Rector  Building. 

David  Francis  Davis,  1311  S.  Seventh  Ave.,  Maywood,  111. 

Marjorie  Day,  810  Oakwood  Ave.,  Wilmette,  111. 

Valentine  Jennie  Denton,  5333  Cottage  Grove  Ave. 

Jerome  New  Frank,  1546,  76  W.  Monroe  St. 

Alice  Gertrude  Graper,  1430  Center  St.,  Milwaukee,  Wis. 

*  Luther  Walker  Jenkins. 

Thomas  Arthur  Johnson,  DeKalb,  111. 

Paul  Moser,  1408,  116  S.  Michigan  Ave. 

Marie  Louise  Oury,  1007  E.  Sixtieth  St. 

Jessie  B.  Strate,  5744  Bramble  Ave.,  Cincinnati,  Ohio. 

Axel  Samuel  Wallgren,  5312  N.  Sawyer  Ave. 

ELECTED  SEPTEMBER  1,  1909. 
Lilliam  Pauline  Gubelman,  6107  Woodlawn  Ave. 
Lee  Irving  Knight,  5731  Kenwood  Ave. 
Mary  Jean  Lanier,  Beecher  Hall,  University  of  Chicago. 
James  Nieudorp  [10816  Wabash  Ave.]. 
Elsie  Frances  Weil,  4631  Ellis  Ave. 
Elizabeth  Willson,  Beecher  Hall,  University  of  Chicago. 

ELECTED   DECEMBED   20,   1909. 
Margaretta  Muriel  Boyd  Brown,  1521  E.  Sixty-fifth  St. 
Emma  Felsenthal,  Library,  University  of  Illinois,  Urbana, 

Illinois. 
Theodora  Josephine  Franksen,  Illinois  School  for  the  Blind, 

Jacksonville,  Illinois. 


BETA  OF  ILLINOIS  87 

Herman  Kuiper,  16  Alexander  Hall,  Princeton,  N.  J. 

George  Konrad  Karl  Link,  University  of  Nebraska,  Lin- 
coln, Neb. 

Vera  Lenore  Meyer,  5408  Drexel  Ave. 

Joseph  Antonius  Nyberg,  145  Iota  Court,  Madison,  Wis. 

Roberts   Bishop   Owen,   Columbia  University,   New  York, 
N.  Y. 

ELECTED  MARCH  15,  1910. 

Lucile  Billings  Jarvis,  203  Park  Ave.,  Council  Bluffs,  Iowa. 

Hazel  Kyrk,  Oberlin  College,  Oberlin,  Ohio. 

Esmond  Ray  Long,  Desert  Laboratory,  Tucson,  Ariz. 

Marguerite  Swawite,  4957  Vincennes  Ave. 

ELECTED  JUNE  13,  1910. 
Buelah  May  Armacost,  Prescott,  Arizona. 
Ruth  Ernestine  Bovell,  615  S.  Central  Ave.,  Burlington, 

Iowa. 
Edith  Olive  Davis,  5227  Dorchester  Ave. 
Helen  Dewhurst,  5746  Dorchester  Ave. 
Roy  Milton  Harmon,  825  Milwaukee  Ave. 
Adele  Aurora  Hedeen,  2240  W.  One  Hundred  and  Seventh 

St. 
Eleanor  G.  Karsten  (Mrs.  Gustaf  E.  Karsten),  Pembroke 

Road,  Bryn  Mawr,  Pa. 
Anna  Blaine  LaVenture,  414  N.  Ridgeland  Ave.,  Oak  Park, 

111. 
Moses  Levitan,  1522  S.  Sawyer  Ave. 
Robert  Thomas  Proctor,  Russellville,  Arkansas. 
John  Henry  Shantz,  112  E.  Emmett  St.,  Portage,  Wis. 
Florence  May  Sweat  [194  Clairmont  Ave.,  Detroit,  Mich.]. 
Garnet  Emma  Trott,  823  High  Street,  Keokuk,  Iowa. 
Oscar  William  Worthwine,  Boise,  Idaho. 

ELECTED  SEPTEMBER  1,  1910. 
Lyman  Keith  Gould,  Rochester,  Indiana. 
Mary  Jerome  Lilly,  Buhl,  Idaho. 

ELECTED  DECEMBER  20,  1910. 
Francis  Parnell  Keating,  5102  Berteau  Ave. 
ELECTED  MARCH  20,  1911. 
Harvey  Brace  Lemon,  5807  Harper  Ave. 

ELECTED  JUNE  13,  1911. 
Leonard   Galvin   Donnelly    [care   American   Consul,   Mar- 

acaibo,  Venezula,  S.  A.]. 
George  Harold  Earle,  Hermansville,  Michigan. 
Harvey  Fletcher,  158  E.  Fifth  N.,  Provo,  Utah. 
Mary  Cornelia  Gouwens,  South  Holland,  111. 
Olive  Louise  Hagley  [1027  N.  Keystone  Ave.,  Indianapolis, 

Indiana] . 
Elsa  Irene  Henzel,  Central  High  School,  Birmingham,  Ala. 


88  PHI  BETA  KAPPA 

Alice  Ferguson  Lee  (Mrs.  F.  C.  Loweth),  1451  East  Fifty- 
second  St. 
Davis  Hopkins  McCarn   [6153  Kimbark  Ave.]. 
Edith  Prindeville  (Mrs.  Kenneth  Atkins),  Atlanta,  Ga. 
Ruth  Reticker,  6057  Drexel  Ave. 
Ella  M.  Russell  (Mrs.  Guy  J.  Fansher),  Leon,  Iowa. 
Carola  Schroeder  Rust  [6234  Langley  Ave.]. 
Mary  Elizabeth  Titzel,  10108  Avenue  L. 
Florence  Marion  White,  10312  S.  Seeley  Ave. 

ELECTED  AUGUST  30,  1911. 
Nellie  Milam,  418  Jefferson  Ave.,  Pomona,  Cal. 
ELECTED  DECEMBER  19,  1911. 
Benjamin  Franklin  Bills,  5810  Woodlawn  Ave. 
Jane  McDonald,  336  W.  Sixty-seventh  St. 

ELECTED  MARCH  20,  1912. 
Mrs.  Jean  Meil  Gibson,  4103  N.  Kenneth  Ave. 

ELECTED  JUNE  1,  1912. 
Oara  Wilson  Allen,  5721  Kenwood  Ave. 
Gertrude  Louise  Anthony,  6945  Thirty-fourth  St.,  Berwyn, 

111. 
Arnold  Ruprecht  Baar,  208  S.  La  Salle  St. 
Chester  Sharon  Bell,  975  East  Sixtieth  St. 
Loretta  Brady,  528  N.  Leavitt  St. 
Florence   Elizabeth    Clark,    1336   Roberts   Ave.,   Whiting, 

Ind. 
Nonie   Eleanor   Dement,   Lake   Erie   College,   Painesville, 

Ohio. 
Gertrude  Emerson,  Girton  School,  Winnetka,  111. 
William  LeRoy  Hart,  5749  Drexel  Ave. 
Edith  Theresa  Higley,  205  N.  Utica  St.,  Waukegan,  111. 
Isabel  Florence  Jarvis,  5346  Drexel  Ave. 
Edna  Hildegard  Kron,  3411  Foster  Ave. 
Margaret  Anna  Veronica  Magrady,  329  S.  Washtenaw  Ave. 
Myrta  Belle  McCoy  (Mrs.  Charles  N.  Sawyer),  Presidio, 

San  Francisco,  Calif. 
Frances  Meigs  (Mrs.  Elisha  Noel  Fales),  1375  E.  Fifty- 
seventh  St. 
Hazel  Lucille  Morse,  28  D  St.,  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah. 
Beth  Reed  Peacock,  1202  N.  Kentucky  Ave.,  Roswell,  N. 

Mex. 
Charles    Conger    Stewart,    114    Willow    St.,    Minneapolis, 

Minn. 
Margaret  Veronica  Sullivan,  5429  Wabash  Ave. 
Morris  Miller  Wells,  University  of  Illinois,  Urbana,  lUinoiB. 

ELECTED  AUGUST  29,  1912. 
Myrtle  Lisle  McClellan,  State  Normal  School,  Los  Angeles, 

Cal. 
Mayme  Irwin  Logsdon,  Hastings  College  Hastings,  Neb. 


BETA  OF  ILLINOIS  89 

ELECTED  DECEMBER  23,  1912. 
Theodore  Wilbur  Anderson,  Minnehaha  Academy,  Minne- 
apolis, Minn. 
Phyllis  Greenacre,  1154  W.  One  Hundred  and  Third  St. 

ELECTED  MARCH  17,  1913. 
Edith  Putnam  Parker,  School  of  Education,  University  of 

Chicago. 
Ardis  Ethelyn  Thomas  (Mrs.  George  Spencer  Monk),  841 

Santa  Barbara  St.,  Pasadena,  Cal. 

ELECTED  JUNE  6,  1913. 

May  Victoria  Elizabeth  Blodgett,  2431  W.  Taylor  St. 

Sadie  Victoria  Bonnem,  3349  South  Park  Ave. 

Benjamin  Victor  Cohen,  4410  Vincennes  Ave. 

Florence  Isabelle  Foley,  913  Tenth  St.,  Watertown,  Wis. 

Martha  Florence  Green,  6144  Ellis  Ave. 

Lula  Laubach,  12234  Harvard  Ave. 

Isadore  Levin,  224  W.  Sixty-third  St. 

Marguerite  Ruth  Miller,  1948  S.  Homan  Ave. 

Anna  Elizabeth  Moffet,  384  Jackson  St.,  Milwaukee,  Wis. 

Ina  Maude  Perego,  6320  Ingleside  Ave. 

Wilhelmina  Caroline  Priddy  (Mrs.  Milton  S.  Robinson), 
4616  Drexel  Ave. 

Louise  Cherry  Robb,  870  Glenwood  Ave.,  Avondale,  Cincin- 
nati, Ohio. 

Lathrop  Emerson  Roberts,  Towanda,  111. 

Harry  Ofshi  Rosenberg,  4712  Ashland  Ave. 

Barbara  Stock,  3210  W.  Twenty-second  St. 

Regina  Julia  Straus,  12  Pine  St.,  Danville,  Illinois. 

Olive  Jackman  Thomas,  Green  Hall,  University  of  Chicago. 

Adela  Cooley  VanHorn,  R.  F.  D.  6,  Box  432,  Independence, 
Mo. 

Elsa  Wertheim,  6312  Kenwood  Ave. 

Adele  Whitney,  5743  Dorchester  Ave. 

Lois  Whitney,  5743  Dorchester  Ave. 

ELECTED  AUGUST  26,  1913. 
Elfrieda  Victoria  Merica,  2133  Sheffield  Ave. 

ELECTED  DECEMBER  16,  1913. 

Merle    Crowe    Coulter,   Williams    College,   Williamstown, 

Alass 
Dorothy  Grey,  329  Lake  St.,  Evanston,  111. 
Faith  Ronald  Lilly,  1156  E.  Fifty-sixth  St. 
Abraham  R.  Miller,  710  S.  Ashland  Boul. 
Charles  Oscar  Parker,  28  North  Hall. 
Rene  de  Poyen-Bellisle,  725  E.  Forty-second  St. 
Adda  Butts  Weber,  911  E.  Sixty-second  St. 


90  PHI  BETA  KAPPA 

ELECTED  JUNE  4,  1914. 
Raymond  Arthur  Anderson,  45  Hitchcock  Hall,  University 

of  Chicago. 
Percival   Bailey,   72   Middle  Divinity  Hall,  University  of 

Chicago. 
Cora  Marguerite  Bains,  105  S.  Fifth  Ave.,  La  Grange,  111. 
Israel  Albert  Barnett,  1345  N.  Oakley  Boul. 
Holly  Reed  Bennett,  706  Bowen  Ave. 
Laura  Emma  Brodbeck,  506  W.  Sixtieth  Place. 
Elmer  Newman  Bunting,  2789  N.  Richmond  St. 
Reginald  Saxon  Castleman,  6146  University  Ave. 
Mabel  Abi  DeLaMater,  6144  Ellis  Ave. 
Lester  Reynold  Dragstedt,  13  Hitchcock  Hall,  University 

of  Chicago. 
Bernice  Charlotte  Eddy,  4106  Calumet  Ave. 
Howard  Ellis,  5125  Kimbark  Ave. 
Phyllis  Fay,  434  E.  Forty-fifth  St. 
Nathan  Fine,  3122  Carlisle  Place. 
John  Ashbel  Greene,  6213  Ellis  Ave. 
Irma  Hanna  Gross,  Green  Hall,  University  of  Chicago. 
Milton  Theodore  Hanke,  6235  Drexel  Ave. 
Hirsch  Hootkins,  1611  Hamilton  Ave.,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich. 
William  Hymen  Kurzin,  1631  W.  Twelfth  St. 
Bertha  Morris  Parker,  Rochester,  Illinois. 
Margaret  Rhodes,  1358  E.  Fifty-eighth  St. 
Homer  Cleveland  Sampson,  1122  E.  Fifty-sixth  St. 
Alexander  Herman  Schutz,  1651  W.  Chicago  Ave. 
Mary  Effie  Shambaugh,  544  Tenth  Ave.,  Clinton,  Iowa. 
Lillian  Cecile  Swawite,  4957  Vincennes  Ave. 
Hendrik  Jan  Gysbert  Van  Andel,  1223  E.  Fifty-seventh  St. 
Frank  Martindale  Webster,  2145  Flournoy  Ave. 
Victor  Lucas  Wooten,  638  S.  Elmwood  Ave.,  Oak  Park. 

111. 


ELECTED  AUGUST  25,  1914. 

Elizabeth  Fernan  Ayres,  816  E.  Fifty-sixth  St. 

Donald  Levant  Breed,  Freeport,  Illinois. 

Myra  Lee  Brown,  3609  Holmes  St.,  Dallas,  Texas. 

Bernice  Ethel  Clark,  315  N.  Michigan  St.,  South  Bend, 
Indiana. 

Myrtle  Antoinette  Davis,  4355  Thompson  St.,  Denver,  Colo- 
rado. 

Matilda  Eichhorn,  90  Ogden  St.,  Hammond,  Indiana. 

Pattie  Hilsman,  196  Henderson  Ave.,  Athens,  Ga. 

May  Patterson,  3749  Windsor  Place,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Paul  Carl  Skorupinski,  Corning,  Iowa. 

Seal  Thompson,  Ogontz  School,  Ogontz,  Pa. 


BETA  OF  ILLINOIS  91 

ELECTED   DECEMBER   15,   1914. 

Florence  Edith  Janson,  Milford,  Illinois. 

Harriet  Winnifred  Jones,  Beaver  Dam,  Wisconsin. 

Eva  Laveria  Powell,  518  N.  Corn  St.,  Portland,  Indiana. 

Edward  Reticker,  6057  Drexel  Ave. 

Leroy  Hendricks  Sloan,  325  Webster  Ave. 

Herman  Lyle  Smith,  6110  Ingleside  Ave. 

Augustus  Kent  Sykes,  913  E.  Sixty-first  St. 

Naomi  Ethelyn  VanWie,  5548  Drexel  Ave. 


92  PHI  BETA  KAPPA 


THE  CHAPTER  ETERNAL. 

Edith  Ethel  Barnard 

Charles  Lindsay  Burroughs 

Ruth  Cohen 

Ralph  Charles  Henry  Catterall 

Grace  Darling 

Nellie  Adele  Fuller 

George  Stephen  Goodspeed 

Eri  Baker  Hulbert 

Robert  Francis  Harper 

William  Rainey  Harper 

Charles  Edmund  Hewitt 

Kate  Jacobson 

Luther  Walker  Jenkins 

John  I.  Jegi 

Julius  Karpen 

William  Vaughan  Moody 

George  Washington  Northrup 

Ella  Maria  Osgood 

Samuel  B.  Randall 

Winnifred  Mary  Reid 

Mildred  Leonore  Sanderson 

Josephine  Gray  Thompson 

Herman  Edward  von  Hoist 

Joseph  Parker  Warren 

Walter  Bruno  Zeisler 


SUMMARY  OF  MEMBERSHIP. 

Charter  Members  .* 10 

Faculty  Members 110 

Former  Faculty  Members 30 

Honorary  Members  5 

AflEiliating  Graduate  Students  10 

From  the  Old  University  of  Chicago  Alumni 15 

Doctors  of  Philosophy  (Summa  cum  laude) 50 

Undergraduate  Elections 518 

June  2,  1899 49 

June  9,  1899 22 

September  19,  1899 4 

December  21,  1899 7 

March  16,  1900 5 

June  18,  1900 ^ 14 

September  17,  1900 - 2 

December  14,  1900 4 

March  13,  1901 2 

June  17,  1901 13 

August  28,  1901 1 

December  5,  1901 2 

March  25,  1902 3 

June  6,  1902 9 

August  28,  1902 4 

December  9,  1902 3 

March  16,  1903 4 

June  9,  1903 14 

August  28,  1903 5 

December  16,  1903 2 

March  18,  1904 8 

June  9,  1904 12 

August  21,  1904 1 

December  16,  1904 7 

March  17,  1905 „ 10 

June  10,  1905 17 

August  30,  1905 4 

December  18,  1905 4 

March  19,  1906 ^ 6 

June  9,  1906 19 

August  29,  1906 1 

December  17,   1906 7 

March  18,  1907 ^ 13 

June  8, 1907 14 

August  30,  1907 1 

December  14,  1907 11 

March  16,  1908 8 

June  6,  1908 20 

August  28,  1908 2 


94  PHI  BETA  KAPPA 

December  17,   1908 4 

March  15,  1909 11 

June  11,  1909 14 

September  1,  1909 6 

December  20,  1909 8 

March  15,  1910 4 

June  13,  1910 14 

September  1,  1910 2 

December  20,   1910 1 

March  20,  1911 1 

June  13,  1911 14 

August  30,  1911 1 

December  19,  1911 2 

March  20,  1912 1 

August  29,  1912 2 

June  1,  1912 20 

December  23,  1912 2 

March  17,  1913 2 

June  6,  1913 21 

August  26,  1913 1 

December  16,  1913 7 

June  4,  1914 28 

August  25,  1914 10 

December   15,   1914 8 

Total   748 

Duplicates  (Ph.  D.  list  and  Faculty) 53 


Net  total,  January  1,  1915 695 

Living  670 

Dead 25 

Undergraduate   Men  210 

Undergraduate  Women 308 


BOOKS  PUBLISHED  BY  MEMBERS. 

Baker,  Harriet  F. :  Translation  of  Yves  Guyot's  "La 
Gestion  par  V  Etat  et  les  Municipalites,"  entitled 
"Where  and  Why  Public  Ownership  Has  Failed." 

Batt,  Max :    Stories,  2  Vols. 

Braude,  Benjamin:  "Influence  of  Various  Lympha- 
gognes  on  the  Relative  Concentration  of  Bacterio- 
agglutinins  in  Serum  and  Lymph." 

Burnham,  Josephine  M. :  "A  Brief  Inquiry  into  the 
Province  and  Laws  of  Poetry."  (1909).  "Conces- 
sive Construction  in  Old  English  Prose."    (1911). 

Burlingame,  L.  L. :  "The  Morphology  of  Araucaria 
Braziliensis." 

Castro,  Matilde :  "Respective  Standpoints  of  Psychol- 
ogy and  Logic."    (Monograph.) 

Chamberlin,  R.  T. :    "The  Gases  in  Rocks."    (1908.) 

Evans,  A.  W. :  "Mechanical  Drawing  for  High 
Schools,"  2  Vols.    (Joint  Author.) 

Frank,  Grace  M, :  "Roses."  (Translated  from  the 
German  of  Herman  Suderman.) 

Gass,  Sherlock  B. :   "English  Composition." 

Gesell,  Beatrice  C. :  "The  Normal  Child  and  Pri- 
mary Education." 

Gordon,  Kate :  "Aesthetics." 

Grabo,  Carl  H.:  "The  Art  of  the  Short  Story." 
(1913.) 

Greenacre,  Alice :  "Handbook  for  the  Women  Voters 
of  Illinois." 

Hessler,  John  C. :  "Essentials  of  Chemistry."  ( 1902 
and  revised  1912.)  "First  Year  of  Science." 
(1914.) 

Huston,  Chas.  A. :  "The  Enforcement  of  Decrees  in 
Equity."  (1914.)  "Law,  its  Origin,  Nature  and 
Development."    (1913.) 

Irons,  Ernest  E. :  "Forchheimer's  Therapeusis  of  In- 
ternal Diseases."  Vol.  5.    (1914.)    (Co-editor.) 

Johnson,  Victor  O. :  "The  Railway  Problem  in 
Idaho." 


96  PHI  BETA  KAPPA 

Jones,  Arthur  T.:  "Practical  Physics."  (1908.) 
(Joint  author.) 

Kay,  Fred  H. :  "Cariinville  Oil  and  Gas  Field."  "Coal 
Resources  of  the  Belleville  District." 

Keller,  Paul  G.  W. :  "Short  Course  in  Physics." 
(Joint  author.)    "Grammar  Syllabus." 

Kuiper,  Rienk  B. :   "Christian  Liberty."    (1914.) 

Land,  W.  G.  J. :  Thirteen  Monographs  as  the  result  of 
original  investigations  in  Botany. 

Lovejoy,  Mary  E. :  "Dandelion."  "History  of  Royal- 
ton,  Vermont." 

McLeod,  Andrew  F. :  "Aldol,  Pentaerythrose,  etc." 
"The  Action  of  Copper  Acetote  on  Hexoses."  "The 
Walden  Inversion — A  Critical  Review." 

Mills,  John:  "Electricity,  Sound  and  Light."  (1908.) 
(Joint  author.)  "An  Introduction  to  Thermody- 
namics."   (1910.) 

Sheets,  Emily  T. :   "In  Kali's  County." 

Smith,  Kenneth  G. :   "Shop  Arithmetic." 

Tashiro,  Shiro:  Fourteen  articles  in  Scientific  Jour- 
nals. 

Thompson,  Laura  A.:  "Laws  Relating  to  Mothers' 
Pensions  in  the  United  States,  Denmark  and  New 
Zealand."    (1914.) 

Ullman,  B.  L.:  "The  Identification  of  the  Mss.  of 
Catullus  Cited  in  Statins'  Edition  of  1556."   (1908.) 

Visher,  Stephen  S. :  "The  Geography,  Geology  and 
Biology  of  South  Central  South  Dakota."  "The 
Biology  of  Northwestern  South  Dakota."  "The 
Geography  of  South  Dakota." 

Walling,  William  E. :  "Russia's  Message."  "Social- 
ism as  it  is."  "The  Larger  Aspects  of  Socialism." 
"Progressivism  and  After." 

Woolley,  Helen  T. :  "Mental  and  Physical  Measure- 
ments of  Working  Children."    (1914.) 


HIGHER  DEGREES  CONFERRED  ON 
MEMBERS. 

While  all  of  the  members  have  not  returned  the 
cards  of  information  so  that  the  record  of  the  chapter 
is  not  complete,  the  following  may  be  interesting  as 
showing  the  higher  degrees  conferred  upon  members, 
by  the  University  of  Chicago  unless  otherwise  indi- 
cated. 

BACHELOR   OF   ELECTRICAL    ENGINEERING. 

Jesse  L.  Brenneman  (Wisconsin). 

BACHELOR  OF   LIBRARY  SCIENCE. 

Emma  Felsenthal  (Illinois). 

MASTER. 

Flora  D.  Adams  (Columbia). 

Dwight  L.  Akers. 

Theodore  Wilbur  Anderson. 

William  J.  Bauduit. 

Lucia  VonLueck  Becker. 

Benjamin  Braude. 

Lucy  H.  Carson  (Illinois). 

Helen  M.  Collins. 

Lucy  C.  Driscoll. 

Albert  W.  Evans. 

Lyman  K.  Gould. 

Cora  E.  Gray. 

Frank  L.  Griffin. 

Wylie  W.  Hamburger. 

William  L.  Hart. 

Robert  L.  Hughes. 

Joseph  G.  Hutton  (Illinois). 

Rienk  B.  Kuiper  (Indiana). 

Mrs.  Mayme  I.  Logsdon. 

George  K.  Link  (Nebraska). 

Franklin  C.  McLean. 

Ida  C.  Merriam. 

John  Mills  (Nebraska). 

Florence  I.  Morrison. 

Marie  B.  Nickell.  , 


98  PHI  BETA  KAPPA 

Joseph  A.  Nyberg. 

Ethel  Preston. 

Walter  R.  Rathke. 

Rose  J.  Seitz. 

Louis  M.  Sears. 

John  H.  Shantz. 

Dade  B.  Shearer  (DePauw). 

Emily  Thompson  Sheets. 

W.  V.  Skiles  (Harvard). 

Arthur  W.  Smith. 

Marguerite  Swawite. 

Elsie  Honn  Tyndale  (Utah). 

Frieda  von  Unwerth  (Columbia). 

Paul  Van  Cleef. 

Stephen  S.  Visher. 

Elizabeth  Willson. 

BACHELOR  OF  LAWS. 

Nathan  L.  Kruger. 
Sylvanus  G.  Levy. 
Guy  W.  C.  Ross  (Harvard). 
John  A.  Sweet  (Harvard). 
Oscar  G.  Wahlgren. 

BACHELOR  OF  DIVINITY. 

Herman  Kuiper  (Princeton). 
Rienk  B.  Kuiper  (Princeton). 

DOCTOR  OF  MEDICINE. 

Benjamin  Braude  (Rush). 

Walter  H.  Buhlig  (Northwestern). 

Elfrieda  Larson  Caldwell  (source  not  stated), 

Harry  J.  Corper  (Rush). 

Lyman  K.  Gould  (Rush). 

W.  W.  Hamburger  (Rush). 

Ernest  E.  Irons  (Rush). 

Edwin  G.  Kirk  (Rush). 

Ludwig  M.  Loeb  (Rush). 

Arno  B.  Luckhardt  (Rush). 

Franklin  C.  McLean  (Rush). 

Maurice  Rubel  (Johns  Hopkins). 

Erwin  P.  Zeisler  (source  not  stated). 


BETA  OF  ILLINOIS  99 

DOCTOR  OF  LAW. 


Arnold  R.  Baar. 
Benjamin  F.  Bills. 
Oscar  Blumenthal. 
Jerome  M.  Frank. 
Alice  Greenacre. 
Roy  M.  Harmon. 
Paul  V.  Harper. 
Leo  W.  Hoffman. 
Charles  A.  Huston. 
William  R.  Jayne. 
Victor  H.  Kulp. 
Carl  H.  Lambach. 
Moses  Levitan. 
Joseph  L.  Lewinsohn. 
Leon  P.  Lewis. 

DOCTOR  OF  PHILOSOPHY. 

Susan  H.  Ballou  (Giessen). 

Max  Batt. 

Ethel  Ella  Beers. 

William  Richards  Blairs. 

Alice  Braunlich. 

Josephine  M.  Burnham  (Yale). 

Leonas  L.  Burlingame. 

Mathilde  Castro. 

RoUin  T.  Chamberlin. 

Harry  J.  Corper. 

Clinton  J.  Davisson  (Princeton). 

Frank  W.  Dignan. 

Harvey  Fletcher. 

Emil  Goetsch. 

Kate  Gordon. 

Frank  L.  Griffin. 

J.  Leonard  Hancock. 

John  C.  Hessler. 

Ernest  E.  Irons. 

Arthur  T.  Jones  (Clark). 

Edwin  G.  Kirk. 

W.  G.  J.  Land. 

Harvey  B.  Lemon. 


100  PHI  BETA  KAPPA 

Arao  B.  Luckhardt. 

Andrew  F.  McLeod. 

Robert  M.  Mitchell  (Brown). 

Agnes  Fay  Morgan. 

Mary  B.  Peaks. 

Chauncey  J.  Pettibone  (Harvard). 

Norma  E.  Pfeiifer. 

Herman  I.  Schlesinger. 

Arthur  W.  Smith. 

Shiro  Tashiro. 

Berthold  L.  UUman. 

Stephen  S.  Visher. 

Helen  Thompson  Woolley. 


BETA  OF  ILLINOIS  101 

Chicago,  April  10,  1906. 
Mr.  H.  P.  Judson, 

My  dear  Mr.  Judson : 

At  the  last  meeting  of  Phi  Beta  Kappa  the  opinion  was 
expressed  that  some  minute  regarding  President  Harper  as 
one  of  the  charter  members  of  the  society  should  be  prepared 
and  spread  upon  the  records.  In  view  of  your  close  con- 
nection with  the  establishment  of  the  chapter,  Mr.  Tufts  asks 
me  to  request  you  to  prepare  this  minute  to  be  presented  to 
the  annual  meeting  of  the  chapter  in  June. 

Hoping  that  you  may  be  able  to  do  this,  I  remain, 
Yours  truly, 

Francis  W.  Shepardson. 

Minute  prepared  by  Mr.  Judson. 

When  the  initiatory  steps  were  taken  in  the  year  1898  to- 
wards the  formation  of  a  chapter  of  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa  at 
the  University  of  Chicago,  President  William  Rainey  Harper 
took  an  active  interest.  Not  being  himself  a  baccalaureate 
graduate  of  a  college  in  which  a  chapter  ex'sted  he  was  not 
a  member.  The  application  for  a  charter  for  Chicago  con- 
tained ten  names,  one  of  which  was  that  of  President  Harper. 
The  granting  of  the  charter  therefore,  made  him  a  member 
and  from  that  time  through  the  rest  of  his  life  he  was  warmly 
interested  in  the  society.  The  high  standard  of  scholarship 
which  the  chapter  has  maintained  received  his  hearty  ap- 
proval. To  his  loyal  spirit  the  chapter  owes  much  and  it  is 
needless  to  say  that  he  was  easily  its  most  eminent  member. 

The  chapter  expresses  its  profound  sorrow  at  the  loss  not 
only  to  the  society  but  to  the  University  and  the  entire  world 
occasioned  by  his  untimely  death.  While  words  are  inade- 
quate to  express  in  proper  sense  the  depth  of  our  sorrow  or 
the  appreciation  by  members  of  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa  of  the 
character  and  achievements  of  Dr.  Harper,  at  the  same  time 
it  is  desired  to  put  on  record  here,  though  in  a  halting  way, 
some  sense  of  what  the  death  of  the  President  means. 

It  is  voted  that  this  minute  be  entered  on  the  records  and 
a  copy  sent  to  Mrs.  Harper. 


-  '^  *"  c .  j; 


^^      ^i,     "'"a      •"!''.'   ^•"*"-"'     «*  ^ 


INDEX  OF  MEMBERS. 


Page 

Page 

Abbott 

Babcock 

Frank  Frost 

72 

Earl  Brownell 

69-80 

Adams 

Backlund 

Flora  Dodson 

84 

Jonas  Oscar 

82 

Harold  S. 

69 

Bailey 

Akers 

Percival 

90 

Dwight  Labrae 

85 

Bains 

Albright 

Cora   Marguerite 

90 

Evelyn  May 

69 

Baker 

Harriet  Franc 

86 

Alden 

William  Clinton 

74 

Ball 

Ernest  Everett 

*81 

AUardyce 

Ballou 

Margaret  Blanche 

83 

Susan  Helen 

69,  76 

Alice 

Banks 

Warder  Clyde 

74 

Lillian  Carroll 

78 

Allen 

Barker 

Bennett  Mills 
Clara  Wilson 

72 
88 

Lewellys  Franklin 
Barnard 

72 

Angell 

Edward  Emerson 

69 

James  Rowland 

69 

Edith  Ethel 

80 

Anderson 

Minnie 

79 

Frederick  L. 

75 

Barnes 

Galusha 

69 

Jasper  C. 

72 

George  Harold 

85 

Barnett 

Hattie  Rebecca 

85 

Bertha 

77 

Raymond  Arthur 

90 

Israel  Albert 

90 

Theodore  Wilbur 

89 

Barrows 

Anthony 

Harlan  H. 

80 

Gertrude  Louise 

88 

Barta 

Armacost 

Alois 

74 

Buelah  May 

87 

Barton 

Arthur 

Alvin  Lester 

78 

Lucy  Anne 

83 

Charlotte 

86 

Atwood 

Baskervill 

Harriet  Towle  Bradley 

82 

Charles  Read 

69 

Averett 

Bassett 

Mary  Judson 

78 

Helena   Marie 

82 

Ayres 

Batt 

Elizabeth  Feman 

90 

Max 

76 

Baar 

Bauduit 

Arnold  Ruprecht 

88 

William  John 

86 

104 


PHI  BETA  KAPPA 


Page 

Page 

Baumgartner 

Bouton 

William  J. 

72 

Gertrude  Sarah 

83 

Beardsley 

BoveU 

Anna  Poole 

79 

Ruth  Ernestine 

87 

Becker 

Brady 

Lucia  von  Lueck 

85 

Loretta 

88 

Beckwith 

Minnie  Ada 

79 

Bramhall 

Frederick  Denison 

69,  79 

Beers 

Ethel  Ella 

76 

Brannon 

Beifeld 

Melvin  Amos 

74 

Arthur  Frederick 

79 

Branson 

Bell 

Edwin  Bayer 

74 

Chester  Sharon 

88 

Braude 

Bennett 

Benjamin 

83 

Holly  Reed 

90 

Braunlich 

Berta 

Alice  Freda 

74,  84 

Charles  Dominic 

81 

Brauns 

Bestor 

Lydia 

77 

Arthur  Eugene 

79 

Breckenridge 

Bevan 

Sophonisba 

69 

Lynne  John 

79 

Breed 

Bickham 

Donald  Levant 

90 

Martin  Hayes 

69 

Brenneman 

Bigelow 

Jesse  Lamar 

85 

Harry  Augustus 

69 

Bretz 

Bills 

Julian  Pleasant 

74 

Benjamin  Franklin 

88 

J.  Harlan 

69,  74 

Birkhoflf 

Brodbeck 

George  David 

74 

Laura  Emma 

90 

Blair 

Brokaw 

William  Richards 

81 

Albert  Dudley 

69,  84 

Blodgett 

Bronson 

May  Victoria  Elizabeth    89 

Frank  Melville 

72 

Blumenthal 

Brown 

Oscar 

86 

Carolyn  Louise 

76 

Blunt 

Margaretta  Muriel  Boyd  86 

Katherine 

69 

Myra  Lee 

90 

Borchardt 

Bryan 

Conrad  Robert  Gustavus  85 

George  Smith 

74 

Borough 

Buchanan 

Mary  Gertrude 

78 

Elizabeth  Eamist 

78 

Bonnem 

Buck 

Sadie  Victoria 

89 

Carl  Darling 

69 

BETA  OF  ILLINOIS 


105 


Page 


Page 


Buechler 

—   -  cj  - 

Chamberlin 

Edna  Lena  Marie 

83 

Rollin  Thomas        67, 

74,  80 

Buhlig 

Thomas  C. 

69 

Rose  Amelia 

82 

Chandler 

Walter  Herman 

78 

Charles 

69 

BuUis 

Grace  Eleanor 

78 

Edith  Maud 

77 

Henry  Porter 

72 

Bunting 

Vashti 

78 

Elmer  Newman 

90 

Chatterson 

Burgess 

Willowdean 

85 

Isaac  Bronson 

72 

Cheney 

Burlingame 

David  B. 

75 

Leonas  Lancelot 

S3 

Child 

Burnhara 

Charles  Manning 

69 

Josephine   May 

78 

Chiveri 

Burroughs 

Norman  Monroe 

79 

Charles  Lindsay 

77 

Clark 

Butler 

Florence  Elizabeth 

88 

Nathaniel 

69 

Bemice  Ethel 

90 

Burton 

Clarke 

Ernest  DeWitt 

69,  73 

Henry  Love 

76 

Caldwell 

Clarkson 

Fred  Cornelius 

85 

John  Joseph 

77 

Capps 

Claus 

Edward 

72,  73 

Eva  Wallace 

79 

Carlock 

Cleaves 

Mary  Madeline 

84 

Irene  Ingals 

76 

Carmody 

Clement 

Helen  Loretta 

79 

Ernest  Wilson 

75 

Carothers 

Cohen 

Ida  Eleanor 

81 

Ruth 

80 

Carpenter 

Benjamin  Victor 

89 

Paul  Fant 

76 

Coleman 

Carson 

Christopher  Bush 

72 

Lucy  Hamilton 

76 

Collins 

Castle 

Helen  Mar 

81 

Clarence  Fassett 

69 

Cook 

Mary 

76 

Walter  Wheeler 

69 

Castro 

Cooley 

Matilda 

77 

Elizabeth 

76 

Castleman 

Coolidge 

Reginald  Saxon 

90 

Elizabeth  Teasdale 

76 

Catterall 

Corper 

Ralph  Charles  Henry 

74 

Harry  John 

83 

106 


PHI  BETA  KAPPA 


Page 

Page 

Coulter 

Dexter 

John  Merle 

70 

Lydia  Amelia 

75 

Merle  Crowe 

89 

Dickson 

Courtenay 

Mary  Ethel 

Cowles 

Henry  Chandler 

85 
70 

Leonard  Eugene 

Dignan 

Frank  Winans 

70,74 
76 

Crawford 

Dodson 

John  Forsyth 

74 

John  Milton 

70 

Culver 

Doherty 

Anna  Evelyn 

84 

Robert  Emmitt 

82 

Cutting 

Dolfinger 

Starr  Willard 

70 

Emma  Adelia 

80 

Damon 

Doniat 

Lindsay  Todd 

72 

Josephine  Catherine 

78 

Dargan 

Donnelly 

Edwin  Preston 

70 

Leonard  Galvin 

87 

Darling 

Donovan 

Grace 

76 

Frances  Marie 

78 

Darrow 

Dorety 

Helen  Kelchner 

76 

Sister  Helen  Angela 

74 

Davidson 

Dorsey 

Margaret 

Davis 

Myrtle  Antoinette 
David  Francis 
Edith  Olive 

Davisson 
Clinton  Joseph 

80 

90 
86 
87 

85 

George  Amos 

Douglas 
William 

Dragstedt 
Lester  Reynold 

DriscoU 
Lucy  Catherine 

70 
73 
90 
84 

Day 

Marjorie 

Dekker 
Abram 

86 
85 

Droege 

Mathilda 

Drury 
Mabel 

85 
84 

De  La  Mater 

Dunlap 

Mabel  Abi 

90 

Edna  Cordelia 

81 

Delson 

Dunwell 

Solomon  Menahem 

84 

Minnie  Mabel 

82 

Denton 

Earle 

Valentine  Jennie 

86 

George  Harold 

87 

Dement 

Eddy 

Nonie  Eleanor 

88 

Bernice  Charlotte 

90 

Dewey 

Eichhorn 

John 

72 

Matilda 

90 

Dewhurst 

Ely 

Helen 

87 

Mary  Delano 

73 

BETA  OF  ILLINOIS 


107 


Howard 


Gertrude 


Ellis 


Emerson 


Page 
90 

88 

83 

81 

85 


Engle 
Irene  Victoria 

Enke 

Ana  Jule 

Erickson 

Elizabeth  Emily 

Eyans 

Albert  Wesley  82 

Fahr 

George  Edmeston  80 

Fair  man 

Marian  78 

Faulkner 

Elizabeth  75 

Fay 
Agnes  La  Foy  81 

Phyllis  90 

Felsenthal 

Emma  86 

Field 

James  Alfred  70 

Fine 

Nathan  90 

Fischer 

Augrustus  Radcliffe  82 

Fleming 

Daniel  Johnson  74 

Flersheim 
Elsie  80 

Fletcher 
Harvey  87 

Flickinger 
Roy  Gaston  73 

Foley 

Florence  Isabel  89 

Foster 
Edith  70,  76 

George  B.  70 


Fafe 
Frank 

Hannah  82 

Jerome  New  86 

Lee  Julius  78 

Tenney  73 

Franklin 

Beulah  Waters  83 

Franksen 

Theodora  Josephine  86 

Freud 

Benjamin  Ball  81 

Freeman 
Frank  Nugent  70 

Friedman 
Joseph  C.  76 

Frost 
Edwin  Brant  70 

Fuller 
Harvey  Benjamin,  Jr.        85 
Nellie  Adele  82 

Ganser 
Amelia  Bertha  83 

Gardner 
Helen  78 

Gass 
Sherlock  Bronson  81 

Gates 
Errett  70,  74 

Gavin 
Helena  83 

Getz 
Harry  William  80 

Gibson 
Jean  Meil  88 

Gidart 
Augustus  William  84 

Giles 
Frederick  Mayor  76 

Gilpatrick 
Rose  Adele  76 

Godshaw 
Esther  86 

Goetsch 
Emil  80 


108 


PHI  BETA  KAPPA 


Page 

Goldstein 

Anna 

81 

Goodspeed 

Edgar  Johnson 

70,  74 

George  Stephen 

72 

Thomas  Wakefield 

70 

Gordis 

Warren  Stone 

73 

Gordon 

Kate 

74,78 

Green 

Martha  Florence 

89 

Greene 

John  Ashbel 

90 

Benjamin  Allen 

70 

Gouwens 

Mary  Cornelia 

87 

Gould 

Lyman  Keith 

87 

Gottlieb 

Harry  Norman 

77 

Grabo 

Carl  Henry 

70,80 

Grant 

Elmer  D. 

73 

Graper 

Alice  Gertrude 

86 

Graves 

Thornton  Shirley 

74 

Gray 

Alice  Mabel 

79 

Cora  Ameline 

82 

Greenacre 

Alice 

84 

Phyllis 

89 

Grey 

Dorothy 

89 

Griffin 

Frank  Loxley 

79 

Gross 

Irma  Hannah 

90 

Gubelman 

Lily 

86 

Haessler 

Luise 

83 

Pag« 

Hagley 

Olive  Louise 

87 

Haigh 

Ella 

75 

Hale 

William  Gardner 

69 

Hall 

James  Parker 

70 

Halsey 

Charles  Duffield  Wrenn    78 

Hamburger 

Walter  Wile 

80 

Hamilton 

Oscar  Olin 

79 

Hammond 

Lucie 

77 

Hancock 

J.  Leonard 

81 

Hanke 

Milton  Theodore 

90 

Harm  an 

William  Schoonover 

78 

Harmon 

Roy  Milton 

87 

Harper 

Paul  Vincent 

84 

Robert  Francis 

75 

William  Rainey 

69 

Harris 

Lena  Dell 

81 

Hart 

Walter  Wilson 

78 

William  LeRoy 

88 

Harvey 

Edward  Maris 

74 

Haskell 

Suzanne  Courtonne 

84 

Hatfield 

Henry  Rand 

72 

Hay 

Frances  Steele 

76 

Hayden 

Evelyn  Shewell 

79 

Hearon 

Cleo 

74 

BETA  OF  JLUNOIS 


109 


Page 

Page 

Hedeen 

Hulbert 

Adele  Aurora 

87 

Eri  Baker 

72 

Helmer 

James  Koot 

70,  84 

Frank  A. 

75 

Hunter 

Henderson 

Pearl  Louise 

77 

Charles  Richmond 

70,  75 

Huston 

Henzel 

Charles  Andrews 

79 

Else  Irene 

87 

Hutton 

Herrick 

Joseph  Gladden 

85 

Charles  Judson 

70 

Hyman 

Libbie  Henrietta 

Henry  Martin 
Robert 

73 
70 

86 

Hessler 

Irons 

John  Charles 

76 

Ernest  Edwards 

78 

Hewitt 

Jacobson 

Charles  Edmund 

72 

Katherine 

73 

Higley 

Jackson 

Violet  Elizabeth 

84 

Nell  Elsie  Louise 

81 

Edith  Theresa 

88 

Jacoby 

Hill 

Helen  Eaton 

85 

William 

72 

Jameson 

Hilsman 

John  Franklin 

72 

Pattie 

Hirsch 

Edwin  Frederick 

90 
70 

Janson 

Florence  Edith 

91 

Hobbs 

Jarvis 

Julia  Coburn 

80 

Lucile  Billings 

87 

Hoekstra 

Isabel  Florence 

88 

Peter 

84 

Jayne 

Hoffman 

William  Reynolds 

79 

Leo  Weil 

84 

Jegi 

Hogge 

John  I. 

76 

Alice  Margaret 

84 

Jenkins 

Hootkins 

Luther  Walker 

86 

Hirsch 

90 

Thomas  Atkinson 

70 

Honn 

Jernegan 

Eliie  Priscilla 

79 

Marcus  W. 

70,  74 

Hostetter 

Jessup 

Angeline  Beth 

84 

Eva  Margaret 

84 

Howe 

Johnson 

Herbert  A. 

75 

Franklin  Winslow 

70 

Howland 

Thomas  Arthur 

86 

George  Carter 

70 

Victor  Oscar 

76 

Hughes 

Johnston 

Robert  Lee 

76 

Samuel  Carlisle 

72 

no 


PHI  BETA  KAPPA 


Jones 


Page 


Arthur  Tabor 

77 

Eleanor  Lauder 

76 

Florence  Rachel 

76 

Rofi^er  Miller 

74 

Harriet  Winnifred 

91 

Judson 

Harry  Pratt 

69 

Judd 

Charles  Hubbard 

70 

Kaar 

Alfred  Calvin 

81 

Karpen 

Julius 

82 

Karsten 

Eleanor  G. 

87 

Kay 

Fred  Hall 

84 

Keating 

Frances  Parnell 

87 

Keller 

Paul  George  William 

79 

Kellogg 

Ruth  Marion 

86 

Kiely 

Katherine  Josephine 

Veronica 

83 

Kirk 

Edwin  Garvey 

79 

Knight 

Lee  Irving 

74,  86 

Kohler 

Annie  Pearl 

86 

Krehbiel 

Edward  Benjamin 

74 

Kron 

Edna  Hildegard 

88 

Krueger 

Nathan  Louis 

84 

Kuiper 

Rienk  Bourke 

83 

Herman 

87 

Kulp 

Victor  Henry 

82 

Page 

Kyrk 

Hazel 

87 

Kurzin 

William  Hymen 

90 

Lachmund 

Alice 

77 

Lackner 

Josephine 

T9 

Laing 

Gordon  Jennings 

70 

Lambach 

Carl  Hamann 

85 

Land 

William  Jesse  Goad 

70,  80 

Lane 

Jeanette  Barry 

85 

Lang 

Bertha  Elizabeth 

85 

Langellier 

Roxane  Emilie 

80 

Lanier 

Mary  Jean 

86 

Larson 

Elfreda  Marie  Katherine  85 

La  Venture 

Anna  Blaine 

87 

Laubach 

Lula 

89 

Laughlin 

James  Laurence 

70 

Launer 

June  Glathart 

83 

Lee 

John  Yuibong 

83 

Alice  Ferguson 

88 

Leland 

Samuel 

73 

Lengfeld 

Felix 

72 

Lemon 

Harvey  Brace 

70,  87 

Lester 

Minnie 

76 

Levitan 

Moses 

87 

BETA  OF  ILLINOIS 

111 

Page 

Page 

Levin 

Mack 

Isadore 

89 

Julian  William 

70,  73 

Levy 

MacBride 

Sylvanus  George 

79 

Caroline  Leonora 

83 

Lewinsohn 

Joseph  Louis 

Lewis 

82 

MacDonald 

John  Hector 

74 

Leon  Patteson 

79 

MacNeille 

Mary  Catherine 

76 

Clarence  Theodore 

84 

Susan  Whipple 

76 

MacNeish 

Lilly 

Agnes  Burnett 

81 

Mary  Jerome 

87 

MacMillan 

Faith  Ronald 

89 

William  Duncan 

71,  74 

Lindholm 

McCaleb 

Lillie  Matilda 

81 

Anna 

78 

Lingle 

McCarthy 

David  Judson 

70,76 

Ida  Marie 

83 

Link 

McCarn 

George  Konrad  Karl 

87 

Davis  Hopkins 

88 

Loeb 

McClellan 

Hedwig 

80 

Myrtle  Lisle 

88 

Jacques 

69 

McDonald 

Ludwig 

76 

Jane 

88 

Loesch 

McLain 

Angeline 

76 

Franklin  Chambers 

84 

Logsdon 

McLeod 

Mayme  Irwin 

88 

Andrew  Fridley 

80 

Long 

McCoy 

Esmond  Ray 

87 

Myrta  Belle 

88 

Lonn 

McCormick 

Ella  Christina 

77 

Florence  Anna 

74 

Lovett 

McLaughlin 

Robert  Morss 

70 

Andrew  Cunningham 

71 

Love  joy 

Magrady 

Mary  Evelyn 

76 

Margaret  Anna  Veronica  88 

Luckhardt 

Mallory 

Amo  Benedict 

70,  83 

Hervey  Foster 

71 

Lunn 

Mann 

Arthur  Constant 

70,  74 

Charles  Riborg 

71 

Lyman 

Marshall 

RoUo  La  Verne 

70 

Leon  Carroll 

71 

Lyon 

Marx 

Florence  Leona 

79 

Nanna 

82 

Mayer 

Matheny 

Grace  Edith 

82 

Edith  French 

82 

112 


PHI  BETA  KAPPA 


Page 

Page 

Mathews 

Moore 

Shailer 

71 

Addison  Webster 

71 

Meigs 

Eliakim  Hastings 

69 

Frances 

88 

Mary  Chapman 

77 

Mentzer 

John  Preston 

76 

Morgan 
Harry  Dale 

83 

Merica 

Margaret 

78 

Elfrieda  Victoria 

89 

Stella  Webster 

71 

Merrell 

Morse 

William  Dayton 

72 

Hazel  Lucille 

88 

Merriam 

Morrison 

Charles  Edward 

71 

Florence  Irene 

79 

Metzinger 

Moser 

Leon 

85 

Paul 

86 

Meyer 

Mosher 

Daisy  Myrtle 

82 

Margaret  May 

83 

Michelson 

Moulton 

Albert  Abraham 

71 

Elton  James 

85 

Mills 

Forest  Ray 

71,  74 

John 

78 

Moyer 

Grace 

85 

Vera  Lenore 

87 

Milan 

Moynihan 

Nellie 

88 

Mary  Josephine 

85 

Miller 

Murphy 

Abraham  R. 

89 

Eleanor 

82 

Helen 

84 

Nef 

Merton  Leland 

40 

John  Ulric 

69 

Marguerite  Ruth 

89 

Neff 

Marietta  Wright 

Frank  Justus 

71 

82 

Millikan 

Nelson 

Robert  Andrews 

71 

Roy  Batchelder 

79 

Misener 

Newkirk 

Geneva 

74 

Cash  Albertus 

80 

Merrill 

Newman 

Elmer  Truesdell 

71 

Harry  Bauland 

76 

Mitchell 

Nickell 

Robert  McBurney 

80 

Marie  Baker 

79 

Wesley  Claire 

74,76 

Nieuwdorp 

Moffatt 

William  Eugene 

76 

James 

Nitze 

William  Albert 

86 
71 

Mofifet 

Noll 

Ann  Elizabeth 

89 

Elizabeth  Margaret 

77 

Moody 

Northrup 

William  Vaughn 

72 

George  Washington 

72 

BETA  OF  ILLINOIS 


113 


Page 

Page 

Nugent 

Pease 

Myra  Halsted 

86 

Theodore  Calvin 

Nyberg 

Petry 

Joseph  Antonius 

87 

Loren  Clifford 

Obenchain 

Jeanette  Brown 

83 

Peter 

Eunice  Bertha 

Peterson 

79 

Oglevee 

Anna  Lockwood 

77 

Nannie  Gourley 

77 

Pettibone 

Ortmayer 

Chauncey  J.  Vallette 

83 

Marie  Georgia 

87 

Pfeififer 

Osgood 

Norma  Etta 

85 

Ella  Marie 

77 

Pinkerton 

Oury 

Grace  Gibson 

77 

Marie  Louise 

86 

Polkey 

Owen 

Hugh  James 

77 

William  Bishop 

74 

Powell 

Roberts  Bishop 

87 

Eva  Laveria 

91 

Palmer 
Hattie  May 

81 

Poyen 

Rene  de 

89 

Parker 

Preston 

Alonzo  Ketcham 

71 

Ethel 

85 

Edith  Putnam 

89 

Price 

Bertha  Morris 

90 

Eva  Rebecca 

81 

Charles  Oscar 

81; 

Ira  Maurice 

71 

Parsons 
Edward  William 

Pattengill 

74 

Priddy 

Wilhelmina 

89 

Bertha  Adelia 

77 

Priest 

Robert  Wayland 

80 

Jean  Rowan 

78 

Patterson 

Prindeville 

John  Thomas 

74 

Edith 

88 

^*y 

90 

Proctor 

Patton 

Charles  A. 

73 

Beatrice  Chandler 

83 

Ora  Frances 

84 

Peaks 

Robert  Thomas 

87 

Mary  Bradford       74, 

78,56 

Randall 

Peglow 

Samuel  B. 

76 

Mabel  May 

Peirce 

Julia  Lillian 

83 

78 

Ransom 

Caroline  Louise 

74 

Perego 

Ina  Maude 

89 

Rathke 

Walter  Robert 

84 

Peacock 

Rattray 

Beth  Reed 

88 

Jennie  MacHardy 

80 

114 


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Page 

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Rubel 

Conyers 

71 

Maurice 

77 

Reed 

Rudd 

Annie  Bowland 

77 

Helen  Massey 

86 

Reid 

Russell 

Winifred  Mary 

81 

Ella  M. 

88 

Reticker 

Rust 

Ruth 

88 

Carola  Schroeder 

88 

Edward 

91 

Ryan 

Rhodes 

Johanna  Veronica 

80 

John  Edwin 

76 

Sackett 

Margaret 

90 

Walter  George 

80 

Rice 

Saunders 

Inez  Dwight 

77 

Ruth  Shelton 

82 

Rich 

Sampson 

Lora  Antoinette 

83 

Homer  Cleveland 

90 

Richards 

Sanderson 

Theodora  Leigh 

82 

Mildred  Leonora 

74 

Riggs 

Savidge 

John  Davis  Seaton 

76 

Robert  Whitlock 

85 

Riley 

Schlesinger 

James  Sheldon 

82 

Hermann  Irving 

80 

Risley 

Schley 

Adna  Woods 

73 

Eva  Ormenta 

85 

Ritchey 

Schmidt 

John  Paul 

78 

Emanuel 

73 

Robb 

Schobinger 

Louise  Cherry 

89 

Elsie 

85 

Roberts 

George 

82 

Lathrop  Emerson 

89 

Schutz 

Robertson 

Alexander  Herman 

90 

David  Allan 

80 

Schweitzer 

Robinson 

Arthur  Richard 

77 

Mary  Ella 

82 

Scott 

Willard  Haskell,  Jr. 

85 

M.  Pauline 

73 

Rochlitz 

Arthur  Pierson 

71 

Lucille 

83 

Sears 

Rosenberg 

Louis  Martin 

82 

Harry  Ofshi                       89 

Ross 
Guy  Whittier  Chadboume  78 

Seitz 
Rose  Josephine 

85 

Roth 

Sellery 

Louise 

78 

George  Clarke 

74 

Rowbotham 

Shaklee 

Margaret  Virginia 

86 

Alfred  Ogle 

78 

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Page 

Page 

Shambaugh 

Scares 

Mary  Effie 

90 

Theodore  Gerald 

71 

Shantz 

Spaulding 

John  Henry 

87 

Aileen 

81 

Sharp 

Spicer 

Lester  Whyland 

74 

Lucy  Elizabeth 

82 

Shaver 

Staehling 

Ida  Agnes 

85 

Charles  Christian 

85 

Shaw 

Staib 

Arthur  Wynne 

73 

Otto  William 

88 

Shearer 

Starbird 

Dade  Bee 

83 

Myrtle  Irene 

80 

Shelford 
Victor  Ernest 

74 

Stebbins 
Inca  Lucile 

85 

Shepardson 

Francis  Wayland 
Sherburr 

71 

Steele 

Charles  Moore 

80 

George  Wiley 

7! 

Steichen 

Shoesmith 

lilian  Anna  Marie 

81 

Beulah  Idella 

80 

Steinbeck 

Shorey 

Clark  Candee 

83 

Emma  Gilbert 
Paul 

ShuU 

73 
69 

Stewart 

Charles  Conger 

88 

Charles  Albert 

82 

Stock 

Skiles 

Annie  Katherine 

85 

William  Vernon 

83 

Barbara 

89 

Skorupinski 

Strate 

Paul  Carl 

90 

Jessie  B. 

86 

Slaught 

Herbert  Ellsworth 

71 

Stuart 

Henry  Walgrave 

74 

Katherine  May 

Slimmer 

86 

Sturges 

Anita 

85 

Max  Darwin 

77 

Sullivan 

Sloan 

Margaret  Veronica 

88 

Leroy  Hendricks 
Small 

Albion  Woodbury 
Smith 

Arthur  Whipple 

91 
69 

Summerhays 
Bessie  H. 

Swawite 

Lilian  Cecile 

83 
90 

77 

Marguerite 

Sweet 
John  Allen,  Jr. 

87 

Herman  Lyle 
Kenneth  Gardner 

91 

77 

'81 

Gerald  Birney 

71 

Sweat 

Mary  Edith 

84 

Florence  May 

87 

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Straus 

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Regina  Julia 

89 

Albert  Ross 

80 

Samuel  Noel 

79 

Van  Andel 

Sykes 

Hendrik  Jan  Gysbert 

90 

Augustus  Kent 

91 

Van  Cleef 

Talbot 

Paul 

82 

Marion 

71 

Van  Horn 

Tarbell 

Adela  Cooley 

89 

Frank  Bigelow 

71 

Van  Vliet 

Tashiro 

Alice 

77 

Shiro 

86 

Van  Wie 

Terry 

Naomi  Ethelyn 

91 

Benjamin  Stites 

69 

Vincent 

Ethel  Mary 

84 

George  Edgar 

72,  74 

Thomas 

Vance 

William  Isaac 

71,  74 

Harriet 

84 

Ardis  Ethel 

89 

Visher 

Olive  Jackman 

89 

Dorothy 

82 

Thompson 

Stephen  Sargent 

86 

Emily  Churchill 

77 

Vollertsen 

Helen  Bradford 

74,  77 

John  Joseph 

80 

James  Westfall 

71 

Von  Hoist 

Jane 

81 

Herman  Edouard 

72 

Josephine  Gray 
Laura  Amelia 
Mary  Evelyn 

82 
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80 

Wahlgren 
Oscar  Gustavus  Adolphus  81 

Seal 

90 

Wales 

Thurber 

Henry  Whitwell 

77 

Charles  Herbert 

72 

Walker 

Titzel 

Arthur  Tappan 

74 

Mary  Elizabeth 

88 

Ella  Katherine 

79 

Tolman 

Wallgren 

Albert  Harris 

69 

Axel  Samuel 

86 

Frank  Leland 

78 

Walling 

Triggs 

William  English 

77 

Oscar  Lovewell 

72 

Wander 

Trott 

Paul 

85 

Garnet  Emma 

87 

Wangeman 

Trumbull 

Ella  Louise 

84 

Donald  Shurtleff 

77 

Ward 

Tufts 

Laura  Darlene 

81 

James  Hayden 

72 

Warren 

UUman 

Althea  Hester 

84 

Berthold  Louis 

80 

Joseph  Parker 

72 

Unwerth 

Weaver 

Frida  von 

80 

Walter  Adelbert 

86 

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Wickes 

Ada  Butts 

89 

Dean  Rockwell 

82 

Webster 

Wightman 

Frank  Martindale 

90 

Alfred  Reynolds 

72 

Weil 

Wilcox 

Elsie  Frances 

86 

Maude  Josephine 

83 

Welch 
Clara  Morton 

Wells 

78 

Wilcoxson 

Mary  Ellen 

82 

Morris  Miller 

88 

Wilkins 

Werkmeister 

Ernest  Hatch 

72 

Marie  Katherine 

78 

Williams 

Wertheim 

Charles  Byron 

78 

Elsa 

89 

Alene  Norcross 

81 

Westcott 

Wilson 

Frank  Howard 

77 

Stanley  Davis 

72 

Westlund 

Hildur  Christina 

84 

WiUson 

Elizabeth 

86 

Weston 

Wooten 

Nina  Estelle 

79 

Victor  Lucas 

90 

Whidden 

Worth 

John  Blair 

White 

Anna  Laura 
Florence  Marion 

84 

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Wilfred  Horsey 

Wormser 
Leo  Falk 

86 
81 

Whiteford 

Agnes 

83 

Worthwine 

Oscar  William 

87 

Whitney 

Youngraan 

Adele 

89 

Anna  Pritchitt 

81 

Lois 

89 

Zeisler 

Whittier 

Erwin  Paul 

84 

Clarke  Butler 

72 

Walter  Bruno 

81 

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